Report: Aaron Judge expected to stay with Yankees

There’s one other indication that the New York Yankees could also be near re-signing All-Star slugger Aaron Decide.

For a bit printed Tuesday, Jake Mintz of Fox Sports activities famous that “the consensus perception across the business is that Decide stays” with the Yankees. 

“The considering: He is too useful to the Yankees for them to not shell out the money and Decide, so far as we all know, likes it there and has a shot to solidify himself as an all-time nice Yankee,” Mintz defined. 

Mintz continued: 

“There are 3 ways this goes down: (1) Decide indicators again with the Yankees earlier than December 1 and that is a lot ado about nothing; (2) Decide and his staff toss rumors round to jack up the value and squeeze each final greenback out of the Yankees, a deal occurs after the New 12 months; (3) A late-winter shocker places Decide in a brand new uniform.”

Mintz additionally added that there is “scuttlebutt about Decide’s returning house to Northern California” to play for the San Francisco Giants, “nevertheless it’s little greater than hypothesis at this level.” 

As far back as September, reports surfaced claiming that MLB insiders and even different golf equipment assumed Decide will re-sign with the Yankees after he rejected New York’s seven-year, $213.5 million contract extension provide earlier than the beginning of the 2022 season. 

Whereas Jon Heyman of the New York Publish wrote in late October that “there seems to be some actual concern throughout the Yankees’ ranks about their probabilities to maintain Decide,” Heyman extra not too long ago said that the Yankees had been “feeling extra assured” about touchdown the signature of the four-time All-Star choice earlier than the winter months. 

In an replace shared on Nov. 3, Heyman predicted Decide will in the end obtain a nine-year contract price round $330 million. Mintz stated Decide’s worth is “in all probability within the $300 million vary” and that the value possible “will eradicate about half of MLB from the sweepstakes earlier than they even start.”