After a year of speculation about his future—along with a monumental 62-home run season—Aaron Judge is staying with the Yankees. The slugger chose to remain in New York, deflecting overtures from two franchises from his native California to do so, the Giants and Padres.
Judge is set to sign a nine-year, $360 million deal after his American League MVP campaign with New York. The 30-year-old becomes one of the highest-paid players in all of baseball with the mammoth deal. He made $34.3 million in his first seven years with the Yankees, topping out with the $19 million he and the club agreed to for 2022 to avoid arbitration.
At $360 million, Judge’s deal is the third-biggest in baseball in total compensation, behind the Angels’ Mike Trout and Dodgers’ Mookie Betts. Here are the 10 biggest contracts in the sport after Judge’s new deal, per Spotrac:
