Traditionally, the Yankees have been reluctant to sign their own players to extensions, but last season that went out the window, as the Yankees inked star pitcher Luis Severino and center fielder Aaron Hicks to extensions. Could the Yankees look to ink more of their young, arbitration-eligible players to extensions this winter? Let’s take a look at who might be up for them.
The most obvious candidate for an extension would be the Yankees’ star right fielder, projected to earn $6.4M in arbitration according to MLB Trade Rumors. When healthy, Judge has not only been the best player on the Yankees, but one of the best players in all of baseball.