The New York Yankees reportedly offered Aaron Judge a contract that would make him the highest-paid position player in MLB history based on average annual value.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Wednesday morning that the Yankees laid an offer “in the neighborhood” of eight years and $300 million.
But the Giants, the other top suitor heavily pursuing Judge, aren’t out of the picture just yet.“The Giants are a very realistic possibility,” MLB Network broadcaster Jon Morosi said on “Hot Stove” Thursday morning. “This is not a Yankees at a 70 percent likelihood and the Giants are 30.“I think that we are very close to 50-50, where
if the Giants really step up and get that AAV up closer to 40 million a year, there’s a legitimate chance that Aaron Judge becomes a San Francisco Giant.”The Northern California native arrived in San Francisco last week and met with Giants officials for two days.
Judge and his agent had dinner with CEO Larry Baer, president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, manager Gabe Kapler and other members of the organization.
Numerous Giants players, Warriors star Steph Curry, legendary Bay Area rapper E-40 and countless fans joined the fight in helping recruit the American League MVP to San Francisco.[
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