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Calculating Aaron Judge’s Mega Free Agent Contract Value 

 

 Give it to Aaron Judge the man go on himself and will reap the prices this off- season when he becomes a free agent. How much he'll get is part analysis and part bidding war. 

Judge is likely to win the American League MVP. He’s set to pass Roger Maris ’ single- season home run aggregate of 61, perhaps before the week is over. He has formerly tied Babe Ruth and is presently one of just six players that have hit the lofty 60 home run corner. The last guys to do it? Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa in the PED- invested 2001 season. He's a stunning 20 home runs ahead of alternate- place Kyle Schwarber. 

 

 On top of the stunning home run figures, he's the American League triadic crown leader(.316/60/128) and is 14 points off his fur normal from being the league triadic crown leader( Freddie Freeman leads the league with a.330 normal). Beyond the triadic crown, he ranks# 1 in the league by SLG(.703), OPS(1.123), OPS( 214), OBP(.419), total bases( 372), runs( 123), XBH( 87), and the each-important WAR(9.7). 

With similar garish figures, his payday will be one of the loftiest of all time. But by what measure? 

 

 As noted, Judge bet on himself by turning down a seven- time,$213.5 million extension offered to him by the Yankees in Spring Training this time. According to Jon Heyman of the NY Post, he combated with an offer at nine or 10 times at$ 36 million AAV for over to$ 360 million. 

That was before he went on this 2022 gash; his value has gone up further still. 

 

 If there's one strike to Judge’s free agent contract it’s his age he'll be 31 in April of 2023. That factors into how he could rank in terms of total contract pay. 

Mike Trout’s 12- time$426.5 million contract is presently the loftiest total value in MLB history. It eclipses Mookie Betts at# 2( 12 times,$ 365 million). Judge could conceivably slip nearly in the middle depending on the average periodic value( AAV). 

 

 Odds are high that this will be Judge’s first and last free agent contract. A 12- time deal would be a adventure considering he ’d be age 43 by the time it expired. A ten- time,$ 400 million deal with impulses would give him an AAV of$ 40 million which would rank him# 2 by AAV behind only Max Scherzer($43.333 million) and rank him# 1 as a position player placing him ahead of Trout( AAV of$). 

Beyond his statistical rudiments, Judge also has intangibles that add icing to the cutlet. Given his current standing with the New York Yankees, he’s come a prominent marketing pitchman. Most lately he landed with SHOC Energy drink. His other signatures range from adidas, Pepsi, and others. 

 

 So, could Judge land in the$ 400 million range? He’s bound to be there, or potentially advanced. The bigger question will be, will he remain in Yankee stripes or go away? By turning down the extension during Spring Training it’s clear he’s going to address multiple stab. Still, not since Derek Jeter has a player sounded to embody what it means to be a Yankee like Aaron Judge. We've just a many short months before free agency kicks off after the World Series. We ’ll know soon enough. 

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