Yankees: Cashman clarifies if Judge asked for a nine-year contract and salary equal to Gerrit Cole’s

Aaron Judge has said repeatedly that he hopes to play his entire career in the pinstripes of the yankees. General manager brian cashman he believes the organization tried to make that happen in its extension talks, which will resume after the regular season.

Judge said he was “disappointed” after rejecting a seven-year, $213.5 million extension proposal from the Yankees on Opening Day. The clubs are also being held apart over Judge’s 2022 salary, an issue that could be settled through an arbitration hearing. Judge requested $21 million, while the club responded with $17 million.

Cashman said talks with Judge began about three weeks before the end of spring training, alerting Judge’s team “probably 72 hours” before the outfielder’s self-imposed deadline for Opening Day that contract figures they would be publicly disclosed if the parties did not agree.

The proposed deal would have been valued at $30.5 million per season, the highest average annual value ever awarded to a Yankees position player, surpassing the $27.5 million AAV of Alex Rodriguez’s final contract with New York. .

Journalist Brendan Kuty of NJ Advance Media recently assured that the judge had asked the board for a nine-year contract in exchange for a US$36 million annual salary. When Cashman was asked if that report was true, the executive declined to answer.

“The only thing Aaron Judge has been willing to share is the intention of wanting to be here for life,” Cashman said. “For some players, that’s a lot longer than other players in terms of their careers. You see what Tom Brady is doing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers right now. His career is much longer than most.”