NEW YORK — The Yankees got extra innings to work with after the rainout on Thursday. The team had an extra 24 hours to try and lock up Aaron Judge, the face of the franchise, beyond this season. Yankees GM Brian Cashman reiterated on Monday that Judge would have a multi-year offer before opening day. With the weather pushing opening day back to Friday, the Yankees got an extra day to try and reach an agreement on a contract with Judge.
A team source confirmed the Yankees did indeed make an offer that would give the slugger the highest average annual value for a position player in team history.
“If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, I’ll see you guys after the game,” Judge said hours before Friday’s first pitch, which was scheduled for 1:08 p.m. “This was the deadline. I don’t want to be a distraction during the year. We have so many things to focus on, and a lot of good things happening, so I don’t want this to be a distraction for the team all year.”
