Let the battle commence! Aaron Judge ‘has $360million contract offer’ from the San Francisco Giants
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Let the battle begin! Aaron Judge ‘has a $360 million contract offer’ from the San Francisco Giants… after the Yankees ‘put $300 million on the table’ to keep their star outfielder in the Bronx
- American League MVP outfielder Aaron Judge is the MLB free agency award
- San Francisco is trying to lure the California native back to the Bay Area with a mega contract, amid competition from the Los Angeles Dodgers, among others.
- The New York Yankees also hope to keep the slugger, but have put out offers that are much lower than the Giants’ reported $360 million offer.
- Judge is also upset with the way the Yankees handled negotiations earlier this season, belittling him and leaking the terms of his contract to the public.
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The San Francisco Giants are upping the ante on Aaron Judge’s signing race, reportedly offering him a $60 million more contract than the Yankees.
It’s part of an attempt to get the Northern California native back to the Bay Area as the Giants look to return to the playoffs.
According to the New York Post Jon Heyman, the Giants are offering Judge a contract in the $360 million range to play in San Francisco.
That’s a lot more than a reported offer the Yankees recently gave him, offering him a $300 million contract to retain the newly crowned all-time home run record holder in a single season.
The die has been cast for the San Francisco Giants in their search for MVP slugger Aaron Judge
Heyman claimed that Judge was going to go to the Giants on Tuesday night, but later retracted that statement, saying, “Giants say they haven’t heard from Aaron Judge, my apologies for getting ahead of myself.”
Judge has been on something of a free agency tour of the past few days, having visited the Giants and Dodgers last week.
Earlier Tuesday, TIME magazine broke its cover naming Judge the ‘athlete of the year’ for 2022. In a story, Judge said he was unhappy when the Yankees gave him a seven-year, $213 million contract before the start of the season. season.
“We said, ‘Hey, let’s just leave this between us,'” Judge told Time. ‘I was a little upset because the numbers came out. I understand that it is a negotiation tactic. press me. Turn the fans against me, turn the media against me. I didn’t like that part.
Judge’s record-breaking season with the Yankees led TIME to name him ‘Athlete of the Year’
That TIME article also revealed that Judge promised his now-wife, Samantha Bracksieck, that he would eventually play San Francisco.
Judge recalled saying in 2010, ‘In 10 years, I’m going to be married to Sam and play for the San Francisco Giants. I thought it would be better if it didn’t come out.
This season was a banner year for Judge, who was named to his fourth All-Star team, won his third Silver Slugger Award, and led all of baseball in RBIs with 131 and, of course, home runs with an American League record. who broke 62.
That performance earned him the AL MVP award, becoming the first Yankee to win the award since Alex Rodriguez in 2007 and the first Yankee outfielder to be named MVP since Mickey Mantle in 1962.
Yankees negotiations will be in the hands of Brian Cashman, who returns as general manager
All negotiations for the Yankees will remain in the hands of Brian Cashman, and the team announced Monday that the general manager would continue with them.
According to USA Today’s Bob NightengaleCashman was unaware that Judge planned to attend the league’s Winter Meetings this week.
That report also said that there are no face-to-face meetings scheduled between Judge and the Yankees’ front office.