Aaron Judge reaches $360M deal to stay with Yankees
Slugger will earn $40 million per season, the highest average annual payout for a position player.
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Slugger will earn $40 million per season, the highest average annual payout for a position player.
Judge set the single-season record with 62 home runs and had a league-high 131 runs batted in.
The veteran first baseman will receive $34 million over next two seasons, with a team option for 2025.
The Yankees could have him signed next week, but if not, the longer it goes, the more the pressure will build.
Bombers lost 40 of their final 78 regular season games before barely surviving ALDS and being swept in ALCS.
Houston took advantage of huge 7th inning error and didn't look back in eventual 6-5 victory on Sunday night.
Sunday's game could mark the end of the 2022 season for the Yankees.
New York is on the precipice of elimination against Houston for the fourth time in eight seasons.
The Yankees are hitting .138 in the two games against the Astros and have struck out 30 times to Houston's eight.
New York whiffed 17 times in all to only two for the Astros — the largest difference ever in a postseason game.
The AL matchup features the league's top two regular-season teams in the 106-win Astros and 99-win Yankees.
Veteran right-hander struck out eight over seven strong innings in Bombers' 4-2 win over Guardians on Sunday.
Rookie Oscar Gonzalez's two-out, two-run single wins it for Cleveland, 6-5. Game 4 set for Sunday.
Aaron Judge went 0-for-5 with four Ks in the 4-2 defeat as the series shifts to Cleveland on Saturday.
The second game of the American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed because of rain in the forecast.
