Aaron Judge holding cards close to vest as baseball world waits

Judge hasn’t said a word about the state of the talks, but in an interestingly timed Time magazine article naming him Athlete of the Year, Judge spoke of his upset regarding the Yankees’ call to announce their spring offer of $213.5 million. He told Time, “We kind of said, ‘Hey, let’s keep this between us.’ I was a little upset that the numbers came out. I understand the negotiation tactic. Put pressure on me. Turn the fans against me, turn the media on me. That part of it I didn’t like.

If there was added pressure, Judge obviously handled it with aplomb, setting the AL home run record at 62, winning AL MVP and generally carrying the Yankees on his back through a second half that saw many of his key teammates hurting or slumping. It was that performance that assured Judge would get a $300 million-plus deal after the season, and it looks like it’s going higher than most predicted.

Trea Turner turned down a $342 million offer from the Padres — $1 million more than Francisco Lindor — and, deciding for family reasons he preferred to be on the East Coast, near his wife’s family and his own, and leaving a lot of money on the table. It’d be no surprise if the Giants’ offer winds up being the biggest, as they surely figured it isn’t easy to lure a Hall of Fame-bound player to leave the Yankees. But it’s hard to see Judge giving the Yankees too great a discount since the Yankees have the highest revenues in the game, putting aside that Judge grew up in Northern California and that he wasn’t completely happy with the way the spring negotiations were handled.

Cashman and other Yankees people continued to express hope throughout the day, but suggested they remain in the dark. They weren’t even sure whether Judge was coming to these meetings, which had been rumored the day before. At one point he was said to be in the air. But it wasn’t even clear whether he was headed here, or to Hawaii, which was thought to be his next destination.

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