Steinbrenner: Payroll won’t stop Yankees from re-signing Judge

New York Yankees proprietor Hal Steinbrenner is assuring followers he’d doing absolutely anything he can to re-sign All-Star Aaron Decide. 

“We all know the place we’re at,” Steinbrenner stated Tuesday concerning the Yankees’ total payroll because it pertains to Decide’s future whereas talking on the house owners’ conferences in midtown Manhattan, per Dan Martin of the New York Publish. “I can let you know, that’s not gonna cease us.” 

Decide rejected a seven-year, $213.5M contract extension supply from the Yankees earlier than the season and is a free agent eligible to signal with any workforce. 

Steinbrenner confirmed in a current interview he and Decide had engaged in “very optimistic conversations” following the marketing campaign and stated on Tuesday he and the 30-year-old had one face-to-face speak sooner or later after the Yankees had been swept by the Houston Astros within the American League Championship Sequence final month. 

Moreover, Steinbrenner stated he instructed Decide the Yankees pays the presumed 2022 AL Most Beneficial Participant “and nonetheless have cash to make different issues occur, too” however that such discussions rely on the total determine Decide has in thoughts concerning his contract. 

“Clearly, I’m not gonna be ready — I can’t be ready — to see gamers begin to come off the board [in free agency] and trades begin to be made [without a deal for Judge], and he understands that,” Steinbrenner added concerning the free-agency course of. “We broached the topic a bit. Either side are actually gonna work at this and do what we will to make it occur.” 

Steinbrenner made his feedback the identical day studies emerged claiming the Yankees are re-signing slugger Anthony Rizzo to a multi-year deal that features a membership choice for 2025. 

It has been noted that Rizzo and Decide turned shut throughout their time collectively as teammates which began in the summertime of 2021. 

Earlier than Tuesday’s developments, Steinbrenner let it be known the Yankees may title Decide captain if the four-time All-Star choice stays with the membership.