Aaron Judge rejects New York Yankees’ $230 million contract

The New York Yankees offered $230 million to retain All-Star right fielder Aaron Judge. However, the parties failed to reach an agreement, general manager Brian Cashman said. 

As per Cashman, the MLB giant offered a seven-year, $213.5 million extension paired with $17 million in arbitration. 

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“We were unsuccessful in concluding a multi-year pact,” the General manager said.

The slugger had said that his deadline to negotiate a deal was the first game of the season. The Yankees host the Boston Red Sox in their first game at 1:05 p.m. EDT Friday at Yankee Stadium. If a contract is not finalised, Judge will become a free agent next-offseason.

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 “Obviously, our intent is to have Aaron Judge stay as a New York Yankee as we move forward, and I know that his intent as well, which is a good thing. We’re going to be entering those efforts in a new arena, which would be at the end of the season when free agency starts, and maybe that will determine what the real market value would be, because we certainly couldn’t agree at this stage on a contract extension,” Cashman further said. 

The GM described the negotiation talk as a ‘healthy dialogue that did not lead to a positive conclusion at this date’. 

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“But it doesn’t mean that a conclusion in a positive way for the Yankees and Aaron Judge together in the future can’t happen. It’s just not going to happen right now.”

Judge’s representatives wanted a nine-year deal in excess of the average annual value of Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout’s contract, which comes to $319.6 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said, speaking on condition of anonymity because Judge’s stance was not made public.