Aaron Judge

NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge and the Yankees did not reach an agreement on a contract extension before the outfielder's self-imposed Opening Day deadline, ...

I'll talk to 30 teams and the Yankees will be one of those 30 teams." "He's been a great Yankee, he's an impactful player and he's one of the game's great players," Cashman said. "He knows what he has to execute every night, and the pressure of every day here. "We've got so many things to focus on, a lot of good things happening," Judge said. "I want to bring a championship back to New York. I want to do it for the fans here. Stanton said that he is confident Judge's "laser focus" on the field will not change because of the stalled contract talks. He's got work to do, and we've got to focus," Stanton said. Judge and his agent, Page Odle, are seeking one of the largest deals ever issued to an outfielder. "Obviously our intent is to have Aaron Judge stay as a New York Yankee moving forward. I've got to shift my focus to that and go play some ball." But I've got a job to do on the field. "I'm just disappointed, because I've been vocal about wanting to be a Yankee for life," Judge said.

The deal would make Judge the highest paid annual position player in team history.

When he's on the field, Judge has always performed at an elite level, though staying on the field has been an issue at times. The Yankees have four players signed through at least 2025: Cole, Stanton, Aaron Hicks, and DJ LeMahieu. The Judge extension would have tied up approximately $110 million per year in only five players through 2025. For the Yankees, Judge is their best and most marketable player, a player whose value to the franchise transcends his on-field performance. Soon after reporting to spring training Judge indicated he would not negotiate a contract after Opening Day. "I'm gonna stick with that deadline. If we're not close by then, what's the point of communicating in the season?" "... It stings but I've got a job to do on the field." "Very few people get this opportunity to talk extension," Judge said. It is rare for a general manager to publicly reveal the terms of a rejected contract offer. "But at the same time, he knows there are no guarantees ... We are happy he is in pinstripes. Cashman claimed he did so because the information would eventually come out anyway, so he was just ripping off the band-aid, though it's not hard to see this as an attempt at damage control. Judge and the Yankees do not have a 2022 contract in place -- Cashman confirmed a date for an arbitration hearing has been set, though they hope to avoid one -- and he filed for a $21 million salary prior to the arbitration filing deadline. "I've got a game to focus on right now.

The Yankees have bid more than $27.5 million, the annual value of the 10-year, $275 million deal that Alex Rodriguez signed with the team. More On: new york ...

“Just getting to extension talks is a blessing,” Judge said. Currently, the Yankees and Judge are not even in agreement on a 2022 contract. Judge asked for $21 million, the Yankees countered at $17 million. “This is the deadline. The Judge camp could look at the Rodriguez average as archaic since it was agreed to after the 2006 season. The Yankees are almost certain not to exceed Trout’s annual value, but it is always possible they would push further – perhaps toward or above Betts for a player that Hal Steinbrenner has told his lieutenants he badly wants to sign.

GM Brian Cashman announced on Friday morning — two hours before the team opened the season against the Red Sox in The Bronx — that the two sides could not ...

“He’s an impactful player, he’s one of the game’s great players. “We’re going to have to be entering those efforts in a new arena, which would be at the end of the season when free agency starts. In spring training, Judge had set Opening Day as his deadline for talks that were still ongoing Friday morning. Brian Cashman said the Yankees offered Judge a deal that was worth an average annual value of $30.5 million over the next seven years for a total of $213.5 million. “This is the deadline. “Obviously our intent is to have Aaron Judge stay as a New York Yankee moving forward and I know that’s his intent as well, which is a good thing,” Cashman said before first pitch.

Opening Day is here — and so is deadline day for the Yankees and Aaron Judge to get an extension done.

Without a contract extension, Judge is set to become a free agent following the 2022 season. - Injury concerns: Judge's durability has been a point of emphasis for some. That AAV would put him behind Mike Trout ($35 million) and Mookie Betts ($30 million).

The deal would have made Judge the highest paid position player in team history on an annual basis.

When he's on the field, Judge has always performed at an elite level, though staying on the field has been an issue at times. The Yankees have four players signed through at least 2025: Cole, Stanton, Aaron Hicks, and DJ LeMahieu. The Judge extension would have tied up approximately $110 million per year in only five players through 2025. For the Yankees, Judge is their best and most marketable player, a player whose value to the franchise transcends his on-field performance. Soon after reporting to spring training Judge indicated he would not negotiate a contract after Opening Day. "I'm gonna stick with that deadline. If we're not close by then, what's the point of communicating in the season?" It is rare for a general manager to publicly reveal the terms of a rejected contract offer. Cashman claimed he did so because the information would eventually come out anyway, so he was just ripping off the band-aid, though it's not hard to see this as an attempt at damage control. The Yankees have passed on several top free agents in recent years, including Harper and Manny Machado four years ago and Carlos Correa and Freddie Freeman this past offseason. "But at the same time, he knows there are no guarantees ... We are happy he is in pinstripes. Cashman did not rule out extension talks during the regular season, though Judge set a firm Opening Day deadline. The total extension value would have been $213.5 million. The Yankees filed at $17 million.

GM Brian Cashman confirmed Friday that the Yankees and Judge failed to reach an agreement on an extension. Cashman said that the Yankees offered a seven-year ...

New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge is set to become a free agent following the 2022 season.

UPDATE (9:44 a.m.): The Athletic’s Lindsey Adler reports “Aaron Judge says he does not have an update on extension negotiations, but says today remains his deadline for a deal because he doesn’t want to negotiate in-season. UPDATE (9:43 a.m.): New York Post’s Joel Sherman reports “Judge said that even a 1-yr deal is not done. An arbitrator will have to pick one of those two figures if the sides don’t negotiate a deal before the hearing. The problem for Judge is that his extension almost certainly would begin in 2023, when he will be entering his age-31 season. Judge, who’s currently going through the arbitration process, is scheduled to be a free agent after the 2022 season. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports “The Yankees are willing to make Judge one of the highest-paid outfielders in baseball, surpassing George Springer’s six-year, $150 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, but a deal approaching Mike Trout’s 10-year, $360 million extension is unrealistic. Maintained today is the deadline.” UPDATE (8:56 a.m.): The New York Post’s Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman report “Judge, #Yankees continue to talk, NYY has offered to make him by annual value highest paid position player in team history. ... Yankees have made Judge an offer that would top A-Rod by AAV and make him the best-paid Yankees position player ever. ‘First pitch is at 1:08,’ Judge says.” The three-time All-Star turns 30 next month, older than both Trout and Betts were when they signed their massive extensions. The New York Yankees are hoping to keep their right fielder from testing free agency by inking him to a long-term contract extension.

Yankees GM Brian Cashman said the team and Aaron Judge failed to reach an agreement on an extension.

And he's an amazing player that wants to go out and be great and wants nothing more than to be a part of the championship club. “He's probably the biggest leader in that room. He wound up being traded three months later to the Yankees. He rejected the Cubs’ five-year, $70 million offer. But at the same time, he knows that there's no guarantees.’’ Yet, from 2018-2020, he was able to play in only 62% of the Yankees’ games. “I feel he's in a great spot mentally and at peace,’’ Cashman says. “I don’t want to be a distraction during the year. “When free agency starts,’’ Cashman says, “maybe that'll determine what is real market value would be because we certainly couldn't agree at this stage on on a contract extension. All eyes will be on the San Francisco Giants, who tried to acquire Giancarlo Stanton in a trade with the Miami Marlins before the 2018 season, only for Stanton to exercise his no-trade clause. He's one of the game's great players.’’ I don’t want it to be a distraction for my teammates.’’