Yankees Make Updated Offer To Judge: “We’re Certainly Not Going to Mess Around"

The New York Yankees are getting down to business with Aaron Judge. They're obviously feeling the heat of the rumors that the San Francisco Giants will stop at nothing to bring Judge home to the Bay Area. GM Brian Cashman says they've made a new updated offer to their franchise player.

From last night: Brian Cashman said the Yankees have made an updated offer to Aaron Judge, who turned down a $213.5 million extension before Opening Day.

“It’s in real time, so we’re on the clock,” Cashman said. “We’re certainly not going to mess around.”

— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) November 18, 2022

Judge turned down the Yankees' offer of a 7-year, $213.5 million extension before Opening Day, obviously a shrewd decision, as his MVP record-breaking season has earned him at least another $100M on top of that. 

Cashman knows that time is of the essence: “It’s in real time, so we’re on the clock. We’re certainly not going to mess around.”

Just how important is Judge to the Bronx Bombers?  

Aaron Judge after All-Star break:
.349/.502/.785

Yankee teammates:
.223/.292/.360

That is a batting line equivalent to that of the 100-loss Pirates.

Judge was the only thing standing between the Yankees and an epic collapse.

— Paul Hembekides (@PaulHembo) November 17, 2022

The stats show that, after the All-Star break, while Judge hit .349 with an insane 1.287 OPS, the rest of the Yankees hit just .223 with a .652 OPS. 

Cashman did sign one player to a new deal today, but it probably won't excite Yankees fans too much: 

Shorstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa and the New York Yankees are in agreement on a one-year, $6 million contract, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN. There was thought Kiner-Falefa could get nontendered before the 8p ET deadline, but he's back in his last year before free agency.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 18, 2022

Despite thoughts that he would get non-tendered, the Yanks actually signed Isiah Kiner-Falefa to a one-year, $6M deal.

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