All Rise! The Judge resigns with the Yankees
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9 years 360MM. He did very well for himself! went from an offer of 7 years 213 MM to 40MM/year for 9 years.
good for him. he should be a Yankee for life
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
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Honestly, I think had Scott Boras been in charge....he'd have gotten Kong 10 and 400 million IMO.... Boras is a savage kidnapper! I think Judge wanted to be fairly acquitted without being arrogant or obscene..... Judge is such a class act. He is bigger than MLB.
It’s most definitely a great deal for Aaron Judge, I just hope it also ends up being a great deal for the Yankees, too.
And I don’t mean financially.
Aaron Judge has been a very good Yankee so far and he’ll need to end up a great Yankee to earn his contract. I sincerely hope he does…
…but the elephant in the room is that big contracts and statical declines are like love and marriage or horse and carriage; you seemingly can’t have one without the other.
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It is very doubtful he will be worth the 40MM/year on the field for the last 3 or so years of the contract, but the Yankees will make money off from it undoubtedly. think of the Judge Merch they will sell over the next 9 years.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Dave Winfield at age 40 with the Blue Jays......hit .291 with 169 hits...26 HR and 108 RBI's..... so I get the aging narrative but its such an easy narrative to exploit...... and everyone does it..... it's not without merit certainly but everyone sold Judge with his injury plagued couple years... as though he was a broken down 18 wheeler without a future....I'll doubt Judge and guys like Judge at my own peril.
The only merch I’m interested in as a Yankees fan are rings and trophies.
There are a few reasons to believe Aaron Judge could live up to the contract and many reasons that he will not. Time will tell.
I’m actually more concerned with the front end of the contract. Let’s pretend he’s healthy and has three seasons in a row like last season. Stanton is here to stay and in decline. Who else are we putting around him, how much more are we willing to spend, and what have we accomplished - championship wise - in his tenure?
There is so much money invested in Gerritt Cole, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton that it makes it difficult to fill out a quality baseball team. Above average corner infielders at hitting and fielding (neither is upper tier anymore, both once were) with light hitting and average to below average defenders up the middle (C, 2B, SS, CF). I’m concerned Bader is the new Hicks, now. An average player being sold as a ‘great find’ with no sustained MLB success on their resume that will show occasional flashes here and there.
Like any business, they are entitled to put profitability above all. But you can run a competent winning organization, too, without any loss of profits.
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Bob Nightengale reported that Judge flew back to San Diego yesterday b/c the Padres offered him 10 years for 400 million but he went back to the Yanks for said sum. Interesting.
Here is a clip of Judge's first game in which he and Tyler Austin homer in their 1st AB's in MLB in the same game..... check out Judge's waist line in the beginning of the clip fielding the ball at the fence.... He easily looks 20 pounds heavier than he is now... he is much leaner today and in better shape...
I think a one of things changed the past couple of days that may have influenced this was the Mets signing Verlander.
1. The Astros will not have their ace, even though they have some talented youngsters,
2. It was the Mets who got Verlander and the Yankees cannot be upstaged by the Mets.
Contract is guaranteed to end badly for the Yankees. Why baseball and basketball teams can't seem to understand the aging curve and not paying for past performance is a mystery.
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It's going to be tough for him to exceed expectations from some fans though, chances are he probably won't come close to hitting North of 60 HRs next season, Also if he has another dry playoff run the chatter will start bring louder than the whispers questioning his contract.
I hope it blows up in the Yankees face.
But from a player standpoint good for him, I've not really heard anything bad about him
The Yankees are foolish with their money but the market they play in allows them to recoup what they spend. No way do I think this is a smart deal but only time will tell. It didn't work out for New York this season so unless they spend money more wisely and build around him the end will be the same, no WS rings.
Kind of reminds me of the Stanton Contract, he hasn't lived up to his money either.
It's not just the Yankees, the Sox have got burned on stupid contracts as well so I'm not being one way here because it's NY
But like you said it's NY and their market drives a bottomless pit of spending
Sports talk in the SF Bay Area this morning is very critical of the SF Giants for not being able to sign Judge. Especially since there was a media report made yesterday afternoon that it appeared that Judge was signing with the Giants.
It sounds like the pretty new girl who shows up at the beginning of the school year. Everyone thinks they have a shot.
Which contract will be better or worse: Turner or Judge?
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BTW, @craig44, when I first saw the thread title I thought Judge had left the Yankees. The word "resigns" has a specific meaning which is different from re-signs. I know it's not a big deal but it might trip some people up.
(Just having some fun, @Maywood , as I thought the same thing when I first read it.)
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Yes, I thought the same thing until I looked more carefully and read the initial post.
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Hopefully he's not the second coming of Ryan Howard
He is certainly the face of the Yankees now and this signing solidifies that. The idea is that he will be the next Yankee great following in the footsteps of Ruth, Mantle, Dimaggio, Mattingly, Jeter, etc.
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I'm glad he's back with the Yankees. I'm sure he has 5-6 great years left in him but the final 3-4 years of the contract will probably be tough.
They still need to improve the team to compete against the 'Stros though.
The ‘Stros losing Verlander helps a lot, too, but they’re the team to beat until beaten in Houston. And there staff is still solid even without Verlander.
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Yankees looking at Correa too. Yankee fans, don't complain.
You could be a Cub fan and all their owners have to do is open the gates, sell $16 beers to a full house, and not worry about spending money or winning. Cubs basically print money.
No surprise here. The Yankees never have to give up a player because of money.
The Dodgers spend money like water. That was about the only other team that could have afforded him.