“We Know His Worth and What He Means” – New York Yankees President Overtly Talked About the Nearing Free Agency of Their Star Player Aaron Judge

All Rise is rising to a new height every day. Last night, Yankees superstar Aaron Judge hit his 55th home run of the season. And with it, he came even closer to breaking the record of baseball legend Roger Maris’ single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961.

Before the start of this season, the Yankees offered Judge an eight-year contract of $233 million. But he declined it. And in this season, he proved that he deserves much more than what he got offered first. 

Ever since Judge declined the team’s offer, many questions have risen about whether the Yankees will retain the player or not. Judge is about to enter free agency post this season, and if the Yankees do not make up a much higher offer for their star player, he might not remain a Yankee for long.

What did the Yankees’ president talk about Aaron Judge entering free agency post this season?

With Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman of the New York Post, on “The Show” podcast, Yankees president Randy Levine opened up about his views on Judge entering free agency and whether or not the team will retain him.

“We know his worth and what he means. All we can do is show him how much we’d like him to remain a Yankee, “ said Levine. 

While declining the offer, Judge took a gamble on himself, and it won’t be wrong to say that the baseball player made the right choice for himself.

On whether or not Aaron Judge will remain a Yankee, Levine said, “There’s no issue [with] ‘how much we value him.’ It’s a negotiation. What we’ll talk about with him and his representatives in the offseason is, ‘How do we keep him?’ And then it will be up to him to see, does he want to stay here [or] does he want to go someplace else?”

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It is very much true that the ultimate decision will only be of Judge himself, but that does not stop his fans from wanting him to forever stay as a Yankee.

What prediction did Judge make at the start of this year?

Just like people make new year’s resolutions, Yankees star player or potential MVP also made a resolution for himself. Or it can also be said that he predicted it for himself. 

He predicted that he will be hitting fifty home runs once again this year. Previously, in his rookie year, he hit 52 homers. And he predicted 50 again this year. 

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And he surpassed himself. Not only did he hit 50, but five more till now. Also, he is on the pace to break Roger Maris’ record of most homers in a single season.