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It’s a new day in New York, winter meetings persist, and a new Aaron Judge free agency speculation emerges. However, this time, he’s not physically in New York.
Analogous to that, the offseason barely feels like a time off from baseball for all Aaron Judge fans as the undisclosed free market bidding war for the 2022 AL MVP continues to grow taller.
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Notably, last evening, the star outfielder and most talked about free agent appeared in Tampa, right next to the Yankees’ Spring training facility. The 62 homer champion stood beside NFL legend and seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady in a brand new red jersey.
Aaron Judge comes forward to support Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Judge traveled to Tampa to watch a Monday Night Football game when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took on the New Orleans Saints at their home, Raymond James Stadium. The ex-Yankees outfielder attended the game with his wife, Samantha Bracksieck. At the game, the outfielder was catching up with quarterback Brady.
Aaron Judge is in Tampa for Monday Night Football, right next door to the Yankees Spring Training facility
(via @JennaLaineESPN) pic.twitter.com/pnMcYlds1G
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) December 6, 2022
While appearing in Tampa, right next to the Yankees facility, was a ray of sunlight for New Yorkers, it’s still not enough to confidently say that the outfielder is coming back to Manhattan. In fact, if anything, coming to Tampa stimulated new free-agency rumors. Fans started to believe that the Tampa Bay Rays are the “mystery team,” in the Aaron Judge pursuit.
However, those are just blanket speculations that are born out of banter. This is how fans reacted to Aaron Judge turning up in Tampa:
So now we know the mystery team it’s Tampa
— Steve Brudzynski (@_BigSteve89) December 6, 2022
why is he wearing a #bucs jersey, the only other jersey, is #brady paying him to so cause he ruined his life to come out of retirement to play for them this season?, should of caught a game on the west coast since he's flying to #SanDiego tomorrow, or was he at hal's friday,sat
— alan H (@ahstaten) December 6, 2022
You know who also wheres 13 this beautiful man pic.twitter.com/fOEgcBgRBS
— brock purdy szn (@mcdanud) December 6, 2022
I’m legit laughing the tea leaves that you were trying to read should we suggest he’s going to Tampa because he’s in a Tampa Bay buccaneers jersey?
— Vin_____ (@VinnieGella_) December 6, 2022
He’s a ray
— yankees fan account(sign rodon) (@donaldsonfann) December 6, 2022
he’s always been a Ray
— Wander Franco Burner🇺🇸 (@burner_phillips) December 6, 2022
Rays don't play in Tampa tho
— Da.flyreplyguy (@flireplyguy) December 6, 2022
Y’all are reaching, he’s a giant
— 7’s (@yungghv1) December 6, 2022
He is signing with the Tampa Bucs to bail out Tom Brady and get him ring number 8. One year 40 million
— Kevin Woods (@valleycoach41) December 6, 2022
Brady grew up a Giants and 49ers fan lol.
— Cris M (@Ctothemo1) December 6, 2022
In the Bucs vs Saints game, Tampa beat New Orleans 17-16, in a final-quarter rampage of 14 points.
What’s next for Judge?
According to recent rumors, Aaron Judge’s agency demands a nine-year contract for the Yankees outfielder. Being 30 and demanding a nine-year contract would explain that the outfielder will be playing until he’s 39. Moreover, his contract is already expected to grow north of $37 million a year – which would mean that the team would be signing a contract north of $350 million.
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While a contract of such heavy monetary value could attack any team’s pocket, in this situation, a team would also be placing a massive bet on the player’s fitness.
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Will signing a nine-year contract with the Pinstripes or Giants actually benefit the franchise in the long run? What do you think? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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