Aaron Judge is a free agent coming off an MVP campaign in which he made history by hitting 62 home runs. The Yankees haven’t made it much of a secret — not that they should — that their top priority this offseason is bringing back Judge. They also wasted no time in extending him multiple contract offers, according to general manager Brian Cashman. “We’re on the clock,” Cashman said (via Chris Kirschner ). “So we’re definitely not going to mess around, so of course, we’ve made offers.” Offers, plural! That’s likely on top of the $213.5 million extension offer Judge rejected before the season started and before he entered the record books. Judge is the top free agent out there, and while there are risks to signing someone to a megadeal, Judge is worth it. The Yankees’ offense was carried by him in the final months of the season, and the slugging behemoth ended up hitting .311/.425/.686 (211 OPS+) with 62 homers, 131 RBI, 133 runs and 10.6 WAR. The Yankees obviously won’t be Judge’s only suitor this offseason, but it certainly sounds like they’ll do everything possible to be the team that lands him — starting with making multiple contract offers a week ago of Thanksgiving.
