Yankees: New luxury tax could condition extension of Aaron Judge

The work stoppage MLB is far from over although both parties are negotiating at the moment, since both the MLBPA and the owners of the teams are very far apart when it comes to money and how it will be divided between them in the potential new joint contract. This topic is something the new york yankees they are following very closely, since their plans in free agency and perhaps the renewal depend on that of his banner Aaron Judge.

According to information from WFAN’s Sweeney Murti, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner and GM Brian Cashman are waiting to see what the new luxury tax would look like in the potential joint deal being negotiated between owners and union, as The extension of Judge will depend on him, due to the fact that the other teams believe that the Yankees should be put a “salary cap” and the potential money they could spend without regulations.

Aaron Judge will become a free agent at the end of the 2022 campaign with the Judge making it clear that he wants to extend his contract with the New York Yankees. By the time Judge is out of contract he will be 30 years old and it is predicted that he could ask for a renewal of at least 5 years and up to 200 million dollars.

With the contracts of Gerrit Cole and Giancarlo Stanton, which both exceed 300 million dollars, it seems difficult that without an extension of the luxury tax, which is currently at 210 million dollars per season, the Yankees can give him a great contract without being penalized.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie at Al Bat in early 2018 and am in my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I’m a fan of the San Francisco Giants, number one defender of Barry Bonds, and hater of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to have the World Series taken from them for their cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy football, flag football, basketball, and just about any other game that involves a ball or ball. I’m also an amateur musician, a penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the world capital of shrimp, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived for a while in Australia; I survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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