Aaron Judge is having the best year of his career right now and may even be hitting his way into the history books, so it’s difficult to fathom that the New York Yankees wouldn’t do everything they can to keep the star outfielder on their team.
Judge turned down the Yankees’ seven-year, $213.5 million extension during spring training, and now that MLB World Series odds have seemingly stolen the focus of every conversation, we haven’t really heard much about his contract since. Will the team make another offer? Does he even want to stay in New York?'
There are a lot of unanswered questions, but if Judge doesn’t sign an extension with the Yankees, he will enter free agency at the end of the 2022 season, and one thing is certain – there will be no shortage of teams who want him.'
Aaron Judge – New York Yankees (48)
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Judge has AL MVP odds of -500, and somehow that isn’t even the biggest indicator of his incredibly impressive season.'
Having gone yard 48 times this season, he's contending to beat Roger Maris’ 1961 record for the most home runs hit by a Yankee (61) or even Barry Bonds’ 2001 all-time MLB record (73, though rumor has it, he had a little injectable assistance).