I remember when they asked if Donovan Mitchell would’ve been a bigger star in New York…. This exactly why I told nba heads they were tripping… New York is a baseball state even though the mecca is in Manhattan
@@benchwarmerss9165 no it’s not New York is a big football and basketball knicks especially this year for the giants but no one really talks about mlb anywhere tbh
Great point made by Stephen A smith. If the Yankees want to get over the hump Cashman needs to make more offseason moves to get them back to the World Series.
@@ttg8966 when the lakers got russel Westbrook in a trade they heavily overpaid in that trade… to get back to the finals the gm pilenka needs to make more moves to get this team to the finals the Lakers need shooters the Yankees need pitchers
Judge "played" the Giants. He had NO INTENTION of leaving the Yankees. He simply "played the game" his agent created for him by going out and meeting with the Giants, to make the Yankees nervous and up their price (to match the Giants offer). He played the Yankees also, because they did EXACTLY as he thought they might. Fortunately, one player does NOT a team make (the Giants will be fine). Negotiating player salaries in today's world is nothing by a chess game.
I'm from Toronto and what Stephen A Smith said about driving on the Bronx Expressway and seeing the Yankee Stadium .......that is a true fact, cuz that's the main thing I look out for every time I go from Toronto to New York. That's probably the highlight of my trip every time so that is large facts that he's talking right there
Maybe the greatest franchise in American sports, leave the rest of the world out of it lmao. The Yankees aint bigger than Real Madrid, and thats the only club i’ll mention i could go on
@@markgiordonello6710 Still a cheating joke. Congrats at being better at cheating. Real accomplishment with your fake title. And why are you screaming like you are on meth? You okay?
@@davidv6588 nah I'm straight but here's some math: yankee spent a little over half a billion for 3 players and we're still better than you even with verlander walking lmao!! also losing springer, cole and correa. AND WE WON THE WORLD SERIES AFTER SWEEPING YOUR STANKEES!! THE MARINERS ARE A BIGGER THREAT TO US THAN THE STANKEES ARE.....MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM H-TOWN HOME OF THE 2022 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS...THAT NEVER GETS OLD!!
Stephen A isn’t making sense , Yankees pitching is good enough to win a world series when healthy. The problem has been they can’t hit other great pitchers in playoffs due to a lack of contact hitters.
Just on merch alone money will be made back... The amount of money he made mlb this past year far exceeds his contract Everyone is talking baseball in Dec shows his worth......
@@OneNateS yeah only Canadian people talk about it however They can only talk about it Specific team What state you're from and that it, that's include Baseball and basketball even everyone talking about Boxing here in USA.
They don’t have the highest pay roll. Also say this. In the last 27 years they have one 5 times. Funny how you put it that way. Typical cry baby hater. Greatest baseball franchise. Keep crying.
No. Paying him doesn’t prevent you from paying anyone else. The Yankees problem is their pitching isn’t good enough in the postseason and their hitting isn’t enough because it’s all around the long ball
Other teams have recognized that they need to lock up great players early, in their mid 20s, long before they reach free agency, if you think they are worth keeping. That way, you can give a ten year contract to someone who is still productive for most of their contract. The NYY don't do that, and that is why they overpaid and will have a player who, if they are lucky, will be worth $40 M a year for half of the length of the contract. That's what the NYY need to learn from this. Two years ago, they probably could have signed Aa for ten years for much less, taking him till he would be 38.
Not at the contract he got paid. Expect same team, same results because the only way we had a chance was to rebuild and upgrade with emphasis on player development like Astros are doing
Those "27 rings" are starting to get quite dusty! Most of them were won when they didn't even give rings just a firm handshake and a "Jolly good show mate!" The Astros are the Stankees fathers.
That’s not what y’all were saying yesterday.. not you specifically but giants fans taunted Yankees fans so bad yesterday it was crazy … now giants fans like “we ain’t want him anyways” I mean what are the giants doing that they wouldn’t want a Cali native in the line up? C’mon now
@@benchwarmerss9165 Okay? That wasn't me, there's a lot of stupid Giants fans that don't know baseball but yeah, go ahead and celebrate man. Have fun with your Walmart brand Barry Bonds.
History says the smart move is to let him walk. This type of contract has not worked out once for any team. In fact, the Nationals won it all after letting their guy go and spending the money on depth.
Pitching wins. They could have signed some pitchers. Jeter’s championship Yankee teams never had a high priced position player. Everything was about pitching and timely hitting.
@@theonlymatthew.l yeah but it’s the Yankees they’ll always have money and more and more people as time goes on are gonna get contracts just as big if not bigger
The Yankees misuse him by putting him in the leadoff spot. He's a power hitter and needs to be in the 3 slot! There's not many opportunities for him to drive in runs batting leadoff!
Yes, because no one other than his teammate Shohei has close to the value of Trout. If Trout played in NY he would be .320/445 and end up with near 700hr, and Judge never does what Trout does playing in Anaheim.
Can we all say how IMPORTANT it’s is that MADDOG is on first take once any big new baseball stories become available. MADDOG is such upgrade on this show compare to Max Kellerman
He's been in this uniform his whole career, he's been booed before, he gets that, bottom line, the prestige, uniform, the building and of course the money.... it's all priceless.
Of course they overpaid, they had to, they wagered that he was declining and lost big. Personally I'm glad they cut the check though, the fans shouldn't have to pay for cashmans mistake
Aaron Judge is worth every penny and some, he showed how much he is worth on both offensive and defense he does everything that a manager can ask for in a player and had the best personality I have ever seen, he is the best in baseball right now and the Yankees should be blessed to have him on their side, he makes money for every MLB stadium he goes to and they love him every where he goes, and he plays every day not every 5 days like someone else is getting paid 300 plus million dollars to do, pay the man because he is the man.
360 million, nine years for a guy who does nothing but strike out and hit home runs and vanish in the postseason against good pitching. And who has five, six good years left in him at most. That's assuming the steroids don't catch up with him They obviously learned nothing from the Stanton overpay. As a Yankees hater I love this signing.
Yankees are 5 million away for tier 3 (75% tax) penalty. As a Red Sox fan, I’m content with this albatross contract. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great player, but that’s 20%++ of their payroll when u account for the tax implications.
They overpaid. If if the Yankees didn't overpay someone else would have. And Like was said, the bad PR and the message that it sends to the team if the Yankees DIDN'T resign him would have been terrible.
What on earth is Stephen A talking about? Tanaka and CC. Did he forget those guys existed? Tanaka may not have been the best pitcher at any time, but he was certainly big time in the playoffs.
Is this were the NFL, NHL or NBA, I would've said overpaid indeed. We're talking about a league without a hard salary cap here. Yankees, Dodgers and co. can spend the $$$ whenever they want to if they want to stay in contention, albeit at the cost of the small market teams.
They overpaid, I don't think they are as bad as the Mets who way overpaid for a 40 and 39 year old pair of pitchers. And gave 20 million to a career .269 hitter which isn't bad till you realize he's only played over 100 games twice in his career. They'll have the highest payroll in the history of sports and have to pay a luxury tax of over $65.0m . That's more than the payroll of a dozen teams in the MLB. It's a league which could definitely use a salary cap but that will most assuredly never happen.
But how will this effect James and the Lakers?... I wish they had more (or any) baseball talk on ESPN, and hockey talk once in a blue moon would be nice. Nope, it's talk all about a team 3 games under 500. OKC has a better record, and SGA is playing out of his mind right now, and getting no attention.
Is it going to be a bear of a contract in a few years. Yes. Did they have to do it. Yes. No way they could let him walk. Hes basically the entire brand at this point.
I think they underpaid! They got a home team discount, probably because he came up with them. If I was Judge, I wouldn't sign for less than 10/$400M. I have all the leverage, and a Mets fan, in Queens, worth $12 Billion, ready to attack. Without Judge last year, they were a .500 team, and they know it.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the most famous athlete on the planet, who is five years past his prime, signed a contract worth $215 million per year ($96 million basic salary), so a player in his prime (judge) earning $40 million per year looks quite cheap.
The answer is no the Yankees did not over pay simply because of the business decision of it. Aaron judge is a legacy player for the Yankees meaning he will sell tickets every year he is there and lots of them because little boys need Heroes and they'll go to the ballpark to see him or at least convince dad to take him to the ballpark
It’s so nice to see all sports channels talking MLB, Baseball.... Judge made it happen. That’s his value. He goes beyond the sport.
huh you're right. I didn't even think about that. More coverage than World Series LOL
They will stop talking baseball now, which is sad, and go back to discussing whether a team 3 games under 500 is a title threat...
I remember when they asked if Donovan Mitchell would’ve been a bigger star in New York…. This exactly why I told nba heads they were tripping… New York is a baseball state even though the mecca is in Manhattan
@@benchwarmerss9165 no it’s not New York is a big football and basketball knicks especially this year for the giants but no one really talks about mlb anywhere tbh
It’s not his value, he doesn’t go beyond the sport. He’s no LeBron James, the average person has no idea who he is.
Great point made by Stephen A smith. If the Yankees want to get over the hump Cashman needs to make more offseason moves to get them back to the World Series.
Explain this in nba terms
@@ttg8966 😂
@@ttg8966 when the lakers got russel Westbrook in a trade they heavily overpaid in that trade… to get back to the finals the gm pilenka needs to make more moves to get this team to the finals the Lakers need shooters the Yankees need pitchers
Judge "played" the Giants. He had NO INTENTION of leaving the Yankees. He simply "played the game" his agent created for him by going out and meeting with the Giants, to make the Yankees nervous and up their price (to match the Giants offer). He played the Yankees also, because they did EXACTLY as he thought they might. Fortunately, one player does NOT a team make (the Giants will be fine). Negotiating player salaries in today's world is nothing by a chess game.
Yup you’re right, Judges agent knew what he was doing and earned his client the bag! 💰
Yankees played themselves. They put themselves in that position. They should have given him his money a year ago. It works have been a lot less
No! Judge deserves it
Cheers from San Diego California
I'm from Toronto and what Stephen A Smith said about driving on the Bronx Expressway and seeing the Yankee Stadium .......that is a true fact, cuz that's the main thing I look out for every time I go from Toronto to New York. That's probably the highlight of my trip every time so that is large facts that he's talking right there
Fellow Toronto man here. What’s good
No, you can't see Yankee Stadium from the Cross Bronx expressway. It's the Major Deegan.
@@MistyMountainVideo Stephen a never been to the Bronx he don’t know what he talking about😂
We hadda great team in 03 and 04 with sheffild giambi etc … a lineup don’t matter pitching is needed relievers too
A fine segment. Love it when Russo talks baseball, in particular, when it involves the greatest franchise in all of sports.
Russo is a Giants fan, he probrably was hoping for Judge to join the SF Giants, but it was best for Aaron and the Yankees
Maybe the greatest franchise in American sports, leave the rest of the world out of it lmao. The Yankees aint bigger than Real Madrid, and thats the only club i’ll mention i could go on
The Astros are laughing at the Yankees right now for giving Judge that deal.
The entire league is laughing at the cheating Astros and their fake titles.
@@davidv6588 HOUSTON ASTROS WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS 2022!!
HAHAHAHA!!
WE OWN THE YANKEES NOW AND FOREVER
@@markgiordonello6710 Still a cheating joke. Congrats at being better at cheating. Real accomplishment with your fake title. And why are you screaming like you are on meth? You okay?
@@davidv6588 nah I'm straight but here's some math: yankee spent a little over half a billion for 3 players and we're still better than you even with verlander walking lmao!! also losing springer, cole and correa. AND WE WON THE WORLD SERIES AFTER SWEEPING YOUR STANKEES!! THE MARINERS ARE A BIGGER THREAT TO US THAN THE STANKEES ARE.....MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM H-TOWN HOME OF THE 2022 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS...THAT NEVER GETS OLD!!
I would have been pleased to have him in SF. But it’s fine. We don’t mind struggling after 3 titles in 5 years helps for a while. lol.
You mean the Deegan not the cross Bronx but yeah we get it 🤣
Stephen A isn’t making sense , Yankees pitching is good enough to win a world series when healthy. The problem has been they can’t hit other great pitchers in playoffs due to a lack of contact hitters.
If you think the pitching is good enough you don’t know baseball. They have the third best starting pitching staff in their own division at best.
@@kevinmoore9547 They couldn’t score at all against good teams , 3 runs and under is good pitching
Can’t believe the Yankees over paid this man smh.
Just on merch alone money will be made back... The amount of money he made mlb this past year far exceeds his contract Everyone is talking baseball in Dec shows his worth......
The Yankees, Lakers, & Cowboys: the holy trinity of Teams that will always somehow be relevant no matter how bad they could be
And Not to mention Detroit red wings.
@@jamesnelson5618 as a person who likes hockey, let’s be honest… no one ever talks about hockey in the US
@@OneNateS yeah only Canadian people talk about it however They can only talk about it Specific team What state you're from and that it, that's include Baseball and basketball even everyone talking about Boxing here in USA.
Imagine having the highest payroll in baseball and only winning one World Series in the last 21 years 😂
It's pure comedy.
They don’t have the highest pay roll. Also say this. In the last 27 years they have one 5 times. Funny how you put it that way. Typical cry baby hater. Greatest baseball franchise. Keep crying.
whats ur team
They don’t have the highest payroll anymore though
Definitely overpay dude is terrible in playoffs
The giants and padres were gonna overpay 😂😂 🤦♂️🤦♂️.
No. Paying him doesn’t prevent you from paying anyone else. The Yankees problem is their pitching isn’t good enough in the postseason and their hitting isn’t enough because it’s all around the long ball
There's a sucker born every minute. Happy birthday, Brian Ca$$$$hman!!!
When was the last time these record contracts worked out?
Other teams have recognized that they need to lock up great players early, in their mid 20s, long before they reach free agency, if you think they are worth keeping. That way, you can give a ten year contract to someone who is still productive for most of their contract. The NYY don't do that, and that is why they overpaid and will have a player who, if they are lucky, will be worth $40 M a year for half of the length of the contract. That's what the NYY need to learn from this. Two years ago, they probably could have signed Aa for ten years for much less, taking him till he would be 38.
Yes. Since he’s always hurt. Could’ve got a pitcher who only plays every 5 days. And saves more runs than he’ll produce
# 99 deserves to be a Yankee for life. All Rise 🔨
Well he gonna b 39 by end of contract so he is
@@kevintirado606 no he’s gonna be 40 when his contract ends. He’ll be 31 when next season starts.
@@kevinmoore9547 i got him hitting in the 30 range in hr next season after that season he will start hitting 20s
Not at the contract he got paid. Expect same team, same results because the only way we had a chance was to rebuild and upgrade with emphasis on player development like Astros are doing
Those "27 rings" are starting to get quite dusty! Most of them were won when they didn't even give rings just a firm handshake and a "Jolly good show mate!" The Astros are the Stankees fathers.
Asstros are cheaters.
@@feddi7693 Lies!
Made up by STANKEES FANS and endorsed by the NY establishment media.
@@feddi7693 so are the Yankees who also got caught sign stealing.
The only things dusty around here is the Astros coach, bruh
The Yankees recoup every dollar they spend on Aaron Judge solely through jersey sales every year.
Those jerseys just got that much more expensive.
Aaron Judge shrinks in the postseason. As a Giants fan I'm incredibly happy we dodged that $360 million regular season hero.
Giants fan here too THANK GOD WE DIDN'T SIGN THIS DUDE. 🙏
That’s not what y’all were saying yesterday.. not you specifically but giants fans taunted Yankees fans so bad yesterday it was crazy … now giants fans like “we ain’t want him anyways” I mean what are the giants doing that they wouldn’t want a Cali native in the line up? C’mon now
Don’t lie lol Y’all are crying today and were killing us Yankees fans yesterday on twitter. It’s the same contract SF offered lol It’s ok to cry 😂😂😂
@@damod684 Yankees overpaid for a guy whose injury prone and will be 31 when next season starts. That contract will be awful in 4-5 years. lol
@@benchwarmerss9165 Okay? That wasn't me, there's a lot of stupid Giants fans that don't know baseball but yeah, go ahead and celebrate man. Have fun with your Walmart brand Barry Bonds.
To answer the question....................yes
Yes, they did.
He is the face of MLB Yankee for life amazing story future GM
The ONLY time they talk about the Yankees in the media especially ESPN is to say something negative
Nah, you can shift him to DH for the latter half of that contract. These longterm big money deals are only an issue with pitchers.
The Yankees probably did over pay but they needed to keep Judge at all costs. It would've been mayhem in the big apple if Uncle Steve got him
History says the smart move is to let him walk. This type of contract has not worked out once for any team. In fact, the Nationals won it all after letting their guy go and spending the money on depth.
Pitching wins. They could have signed some pitchers. Jeter’s championship Yankee teams never had a high priced position player. Everything was about pitching and timely hitting.
how bout a-riods?
You can’t really say they overpaid when they got their guy and other teams were offering 400m
I don't know if you'll be able to say that in 3 years....
@@theonlymatthew.l yeah but it’s the Yankees they’ll always have money and more and more people as time goes on are gonna get contracts just as big if not bigger
Yes they did and will pay sooner than later this man better produce forty or more a year
Generational wealth for Judge. He is box office for the league.
i agree with you but no titles for the yankees anytime soon
The Yankees misuse him by putting him in the leadoff spot. He's a power hitter and needs to be in the 3 slot! There's not many opportunities for him to drive in runs batting leadoff!
They only did that so that he can get more ABs to beat Maris’s HR record
AIR YORDAN ALVAREZ
Yes, because no one other than his teammate Shohei has close to the value of Trout. If Trout played in NY he would be .320/445 and end up with near 700hr, and Judge never does what Trout does playing in Anaheim.
Can we all say how IMPORTANT it’s is that MADDOG is on first take once any big new baseball stories become available.
MADDOG is such upgrade on this show compare to Max Kellerman
Yes, I woulda signed to them for much less 🤷♀️.
Oh boy he’s gonna hate them NY fans when he goes ghost in the post season 😂
He's been in this uniform his whole career, he's been booed before, he gets that, bottom line, the prestige, uniform, the building and of course the money.... it's all priceless.
Yes they did
Max Kellerman 😂😂
Yep, he will play 85 games this year. Hurt the rest of the time. He will bat .250 with 10 HRs and 115 strikeouts.
Who's is here after he had a year like that again!
ESPN First Take
Now the Yankees can get some much needed pitching.
With what money? They just paid that choke artist 360 million.
@@davidv6588 The Yankees will find a way. They always do.
@@kevinpayton2664 That's why they have one title in the last two decades I guess.
Alll Rise ‼️ 👨🏽⚖️🗽
“Why?!? Why!?!” “They had CC Sabathia” LOL Stephen A is a clown
He really is
We ain't paying for it let the man make as much as he can
You’re wrong SAS, Bonds will never be like Judge. *no roids*
We should ask if the Ranger overpaid for DeGrom, Cubs for Taillon, or any other free agent signing too.
Of course they overpaid, they had to, they wagered that he was declining and lost big. Personally I'm glad they cut the check though, the fans shouldn't have to pay for cashmans mistake
Stephen A. Yankees rolled that ace dice on Cole. He was arguably the best pitcher when they got him
Sounds like he makes a mean Alfredo sauce 🤣
Aaron Judge is worth every penny and some, he showed how much he is worth on both offensive and defense he does everything that a manager can ask for in a player and had the best personality I have ever seen, he is the best in baseball right now and the Yankees should be blessed to have him on their side, he makes money for every MLB stadium he goes to and they love him every where he goes, and he plays every day not every 5 days like someone else is getting paid 300 plus million dollars to do, pay the man because he is the man.
all of that may be true but it won't get the yankees past the astros anytime soon!!
Stephen A pretending like he knows something about baseball yet again...LMAO
Facts! That’s what he does 4-5 times a year they talk about baseball.
Until they get past the Astros this contract means nothing.
360 million, nine years for a guy who does nothing but strike out and hit home runs and vanish in the postseason against good pitching. And who has five, six good years left in him at most. That's assuming the steroids don't catch up with him They obviously learned nothing from the Stanton overpay. As a Yankees hater I love this signing.
The Yankees had to break the bank to keep the best.
The best what? He’s not even close to being the best outfielder in baseball or even the AL East.
yordan alvarez is better because unlike judge he's already an october legend and a world series champion
Yankees are 5 million away for tier 3 (75% tax) penalty. As a Red Sox fan, I’m content with this albatross contract. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great player, but that’s 20%++ of their payroll when u account for the tax implications.
Oh yeah turning 31 in '23 at his peak. It's about the seats and jersey sales now not rings. There's so much revenue hanging if he left
Yes
Lol very little did Bob Watson do. Remember it was Gene Michael
Of course they overpaid. Every big contract is overpaid
Over paid where best hitter in baseball.
CC Sabathia!! lol
his contract should have been $600 million dollar deal or more for the best baseball player in the league
600 million to choke against the astros lmao!!
Judge did play out the season to get a big contract. Instead of signing for cheap. Deserves $ for taking the risk
No.
Absolutely yes overpayed he will b hurt or won't produce 60 again
They made his whole contract off him before 2020, he didn’t even see a million on the year till 2020, no matter how you slice it they underpaid him
No
Not really. This is baseball. Crazy contracts like this are the norm
Go Guards
They overpaid. If if the Yankees didn't overpay someone else would have. And Like was said, the bad PR and the message that it sends to the team if the Yankees DIDN'T resign him would have been terrible.
If Judge left he still in time would of had his monument in the park.
Judge or no Judge. Astros in a sweep 🧹
Hes better than barry because he has the decency not to take banned substances, especially for multiple years throughout his career
He should have went to somewhere with less taxes.
What on earth is Stephen A talking about? Tanaka and CC. Did he forget those guys existed? Tanaka may not have been the best pitcher at any time, but he was certainly big time in the playoffs.
And still no ring
Is this were the NFL, NHL or NBA, I would've said overpaid indeed. We're talking about a league without a hard salary cap here. Yankees, Dodgers and co. can spend the $$$ whenever they want to if they want to stay in contention, albeit at the cost of the small market teams.
They overpaid, I don't think they are as bad as the Mets who way overpaid for a 40 and 39 year old pair of pitchers. And gave 20 million to a career .269 hitter which isn't bad till you realize he's only played over 100 games twice in his career. They'll have the highest payroll in the history of sports and have to pay a luxury tax of over $65.0m . That's more than the payroll of a dozen teams in the MLB. It's a league which could definitely use a salary cap but that will most assuredly never happen.
But how will this effect James and the Lakers?... I wish they had more (or any) baseball talk on ESPN, and hockey talk once in a blue moon would be nice. Nope, it's talk all about a team 3 games under 500. OKC has a better record, and SGA is playing out of his mind right now, and getting no attention.
Technically nobody will ever be Barry bonds again because we don't allow it anymore
Nimmo and Rodon!! Lets go Yanks!!
Don’t mention him with the goat Barry bonds
Judge could have 2-3 good years with 50+ home runs and three 40+ years.
Of course they're questioning a big pay day for a phenomenal black player ...
Chill… he whiter than Pete Davidson 😂
Absolutely not
Is it going to be a bear of a contract in a few years. Yes. Did they have to do it. Yes. No way they could let him walk. Hes basically the entire brand at this point.
I think they underpaid!
They got a home team discount, probably because he came up with them. If I was Judge, I wouldn't sign for less than 10/$400M. I have all the leverage, and a Mets fan, in Queens, worth $12 Billion, ready to attack. Without Judge last year, they were a .500 team, and they know it.
I'm still waiting for the 10 year $500 million deal. That will happen by the end of the decade.
@@xq8152 Ohtani is worth that
Was that a shot at Cole because without him the last two years the Yankees don't sniff the postseason
Didn’t every team overpay so far
I'm paying for a pitcher
Cristiano Ronaldo, the most famous athlete on the planet, who is five years past his prime, signed a contract worth $215 million per year ($96 million basic salary), so a player in his prime (judge) earning $40 million per year looks quite cheap.
4:05 to 4:14, the blatant disrespect of Gene Michael by omission. Shame on you SAS, shame.
They overpaid for someone who has never ever showed up in the playoffs
World Series runs thru the H
The answer is no the Yankees did not over pay simply because of the business decision of it. Aaron judge is a legacy player for the Yankees meaning he will sell tickets every year he is there and lots of them because little boys need Heroes and they'll go to the ballpark to see him or at least convince dad to take him to the ballpark
Lol legacy and no rings
It’s just like anything else prices for these guys will go up. In 5-6 yrs he’ll be getting what an average superstar is getting.
Except for the US dollar is headed in the opposite direction, and fast.