
"Judge" Aaron Judge
"Judge" Aaron Judge obtained the new price code proposed by the Yankees on the day he was selected for the MVP. Manager Brian Cashman confirmed: "We won't waste time this time. This is the price code we have proposed again since the spring training." Judge is now a free agent, and Kashman has not disclosed the details of the new price code, but he previously admitted that "Yankees lost bets." Unexpectedly, Judge was willing to spend a lot of money to re-sign after playing in his career.
Yankees' previous offer was $230 million in 8 years ($213.5 million in 7 years plus $17 million this year). As a result, Jaj refused to renew his contract for seven years and raised his annual salary this year to $19 million through negotiations. Jaj's contract also includes a MVP bonus of $250,000 this year, but he really got it. He spent seven seasons at Yankees, and his total salary accumulated about $36 million.
On the other hand, Dodge decided to let go of outfielder Cody Bellinger. He earned $17 million this year and performed poorly, with a 0.210 strike rate and OPS+ of only 78 (base value of 100), which is the level of a minor league player. Bellinger is the 2019 National League MVP, with a salary arbitration qualification outside the season, which is expected to be upgraded to $19 million. Dodgers decided not to renew the contract (non-tender) to make him a free agent.
Bellinger may re-sign with Dodge at a lower salary, or may leave Dodge from now on. Major League journalist Jon Heyman pointed out that this opened another door for Jaj, and Dodge needed an outfielder, and if they didn't want to sign Bellinger back, they could consider pursuing Jaj. However, Jaj expects a very high salary. " USA Today " believes that Kevin Kiermaier, who was abandoned by the Light, should be a more suitable outfield candidate for Dodge.