Aaron Judge and the Yankees did not reach a contract extension agreement by their Opening Day deadline, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman confirmed on Friday.
The GM said the organization officially offered him a seven-year extension set at $30.5 million a year. This number would have broken the franchise record for the highest yearly salary for a position player. The deal would have been a total of eight years, $233 million including this season, which Judge is already signed on for.
“Yeah, it’s concluded unfortunately we’ll be in a one-year setting yet to be determined number,” Cashman said. “We obviously had an extended conversation over the last three weeks or so. ... We were unsuccessful in concluding a multi-year pact. Obviously our intent is to have Aaron Judge stay as a New York Yankee as we move forward, and I know that’s his intent as well, which is a good thing.”
