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Government buildings remained open and schools continued to hold classes in the New York area following Aaron Judge’s nine-year, $360 million deal with the Yankees, but Wednesday still felt like a holiday for the Bombers faithful. .
“There should be a party outside the stadium this morning,” the Twitter user wrote, inviting dozens of Yankees fans to the Bronx for an impromptu gathering.
Judge likely won’t be able to attend, given that he made the decision to re-sign with the Yankees at the Winter Meetings in San Diego on Tuesday night, according to ESPN. The reigning American League MVP was weighing offers from the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and his hometown Padres, but reportedly opted to stay in New York after the team increased its offer at $360 million over nine years. DailyMail.com has contacted the Yankees to confirm this.
The reigning American League MVP was weighing offers from the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and his hometown Padres, but reportedly opted to stay in New York after the team increased its offer to $360. million over nine years.
Bags of money are shown in the foreground of this digital rendering by Aaron Judge.
According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Yankees upped their offer to Judge to finalize the deal.
Many fans called for Judge to be named the team’s first captain since shortstop Derek Jeter.
For some, the length and total cost of the contract is a concern.
“Paying $40 million per year to a 40 year old man at the end of this contract,” one fan wrote on Twitter. ‘Better win a championship or two in between to make it worth your while.’
The Yankees have had success under Judge, who hit 62 home runs in 2022 to break Roger Maris’ American League and club record of 61 that stood for 61 years. But the postseason has been a problem for New York, which has made the playoffs in seven of the past eight seasons without reaching the World Series.
Despite that troubling recent history, Yankees fans heaved a collective sigh of relief Wednesday morning, a day after a since-retracted New York Post report claimed Judge would join the Giants.
Instead of wallowing in self-pity, Yankees fans had their ‘Dewey beats Truman’ moment on Twitter, ridiculing Post reporter Jon Heyman’s premature reporting Tuesday in the same way that President Harry Truman was photographed laughing at the headlines wrongly claiming he lost the 1948 election to Thomas E. Dewey.
Naturally, several erroneous Yankees fans retweeted, claiming Judge was “headed for the Bay.” And since Heyman misspelled ‘Aaron Judge’ as ‘Arson Judge’ in his original tweet, the latter was trending on Twitter Wednesday morning.
“If Yankee marketing isn’t making a million Arson Judge jerseys right now, they’re not doing their job,” Boardroom’s Russell Steinberg tweeted.
For some, the length and total cost of the contract is a concern.
Several Yankees fans retweeted erroneously, claiming that Judge was “heading for the bay.”
Since Heyman misspelled ‘Aaron Judge’ as ‘Arson Judge’ in his original tweet, the latter was trending on Twitter Wednesday morning.
Jon Heyman’s deleted tweet was the subject of persistent mockery on social media.
Some fans pointed out that Judge made a smart move, given the different dimensions of San Francisco’s Oracle Park. While Yankee Stadium has more hitter-friendly dimensions (318 feet left, 408 center, 314 right), Oracle (339 left, 404 center, and 309 right) is a much tougher place to hit. bat. runs, given their larger outfield and taller right field wall
Some fans pointed out that Judge made a smart move, given the different dimensions of San Francisco’s Oracle Park.
While Yankee Stadium has more hitter-friendly dimensions (318 feet left, 408 center, 314 right), Oracle (339 left, 404 center, and 309 right) is a much tougher place to hit. bat. runs, given its larger outfield and taller right-field wall.
Many fans called for Judge to be named the team’s first captain since shortstop Derek Jeter retired.
“#AllRise and salute the #Yankees for closing the deal with Aaron Judge,” wrote News 12’s Kevin Maher. Now make him captain too.
And of course, the hashtag ‘#AllRise’ was easy to find on social media in reference to the right-handed slugger’s last name.
Judge turned down an eight-year, $230 million contract before his MVP season in 2022, which now seems like a very smart move on his part.
Judge turned down an eight-year, $230 million contract ahead of his MVP season in 2022, which now seems like a very smart move on his part.