Aaron Judge has agreed to re-sign with the New York Yankees on a nine-year, $360M deal, Ken_Rosenthal confirms. Judge bet on himself by turning down an eight-year, $230.5M extension from the Yankees before the season. More:
offseason than where the right fielder and American League MVP will play next season. New York’s general manager Brian Cashman continually reiterated after publicly announcing a deal wasn’t reached on Opening Day that the Yankees wanted Judge back.Judge had a 207 wRC+ and was an 11.4 fWAR player last season. FanGraphs estimates his WAR was worth $91.4 million — it’s possible the Yankees slugger made around an extra $100 million in free agency by taking that bet on himself.
“There’s a pot of gold there,” Cashman said of Judge’s free agency. “It’s yet to be determined … how much it weighs. But it’s a pot of gold, no doubt about it. So, good for him. It was already a big pot, and obviously, it’ll be bigger.” Judge’s record 62nd homer run arrived on Oct. 4, in the Yankees’ 161st game of the regular season, making him the fourth player in MLB history to reach the mark. The other three have been connected with the use of performance-enhancing drugs.Judge is the most important player the Yankees have needed to retain in free agency since Derek Jeter re-signed after the 2010 season.
Off the field, Cashman noted how Judge “puts fannies in the seats.” He’s the most-marketable player New York has employed since Jeter. For a franchise that is as obsessed with its history as the Yankees, they could not afford to have a player whose trajectory is headed for Cooperstown finish out his career on the other side of the country.The Yankees already added right-handed relief pitcher
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