Aaron Judge's Thoughts on Juan Soto's Free Agency & the Yankees' Future । USA TODAY NEWS
📅 Published on: 2024-11-23 08:42:00
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Aaron Judge, the American League MVP, shares his perspective on Juan Soto’s free-agent decision and his crucial role in the Yankees’ quest for back-to-back World Series titles. Despite not speaking to Soto since the World Series, Judge has made sure to communicate his thoughts with Yankees managing partner Hal Steinbrenner, stressing the importance of keeping Soto for the team’s success. Judge opens up about his thoughts on money, team dynamics, and how Soto’s presence in the lineup helped elevate his own performance. Watch to learn more about Judge’s leadership and his hopes for the Yankees’ future with Soto.
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Aaron Judge’s Thoughts on Juan Soto’s Free Agency & the Yankees’ Future । USA TODAY NEWS
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[Music] Aaron judge the American League MVP has not spoken to WAN stto since the end of the world series giving him the space and privacy to make his own free agent decision despite this judge is far from passive in the process he made his feelings known to Yankees managing partner H Stein Breer about the importance of retaining SoDo so that the Yankees could make a run at back-to-back World Series appearances something the team has yet to achieve since 2001 during his MVP conference call Judge shared that he and steinbrener discussed various potential moves for the Yankees including the possibility of keeping stto we discussed a lot of things from one to other guys who are kind of out there and can help this team judge explained I kind of was giving my input on a couple of things and honestly it ain’t my money I don’t care as long as we get the best players get the most of what we can I’m happy with whatever judge who signed a 9-year $360 million contract with the Yankees two years ago has no issue with whoever is the highest paid player on the team while stto is Seeking a deal worth at least $600 million judge emphasized that the focus is on putting together the best possible roster not personal financial gain that’s never been something on my mind who gets paid the most judge said whatever we can do to get the best players I’ll take it that’s what it kind of comes down to John Carlos stanson kind of set that example stanson who signed the first significant Mega contract in Miami has always prioritized team success over individual pay according to judge that mentality is shared by everyone in the clubhouse he just wanted good players around him judge added reinforcing the team first mindset that defines the Yankees despite having no inside information on Soto’s negotiations judge values the ongoing communication with steinbrener when I was a free agent at the end of 22 one of the first things he said was hey I really want to build a relationship with you and have you be a part of it judge recalled this relationship between judge and Stein Briner which goes beyond mere contract discussions has allowed judge to have a say in team decisions sharing his input on players and Team Dynamics the strong communication between judge and the Yankees front office is something judge Treasures he believes it helps everyone involved be more effective the more communication you have from top to bottom the better everybody will be judge said being honest with each other and talking about how we all feel and what we’re seeing I enjoy it as much as judge protected stto in the lineup he also credits sto’s presence for improving his game judge drove in a career-high 144 runs this past season up from 131 in 2022 his MVP year having a chance having one hit in front of me I get to see a lot of pitches judge said he’s going to be a tough at bat in front of me he will wear down the pitcher right there in the first inning within the first 15 pitches that was a big impact the judge even joked that he’d Lov to have A1 SOS in the lineup acknowledging just how vital sto’s ability to wear down pitchers and make every at bad challenging was to his success stto who is 26 is well aware of his value to the the team judge has reminded him throughout the season how much the Yankees appreciate his contributions but for now he feels the best thing is to give SoDo time and space to decide I haven’t talked to him at all judge said I think the best thing is to give those guys space I talk to him all season he knows how we feel about him I think the most important thing is to let him do his thing with his family pray about it talk to people and come to the right decision for him and his family while judge has stepped back from contacting SoDo directly he remains hopeful the two will continue their partnership whatever Soto’s decision we’ll see him down the road judge said leaving the door open for the future
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