11-24-2022, 08:24 AM
Jeff Passan on The Michael Kay Show 11/23 said he would be shocked if Judge signed with the Giants.
I have never believed he would leave the Yankees and have seen nothing that gives me reason to think differently. I don't think Giants fans appreciate how much of a big deal being a Yankee is and just how badly the Yankees will be pilloried by fans and media if they are outspent by another team for Judge. And I don't see Judge taking less money to sign with the Giants UNLESS the Giants commit to spending on par with the Dodgers and Padres, something they haven't seemed willing to do. In some respects, Judge signing with the Dodgers would engender the worst possible reaction from Yankees fans and media, so I would give the Dodgers even smaller odds than the Giants to sign him.
But like Passan said he could be totally wrong and the Giants make Judge an offer he can't refuse that the Yankees can't justify, I could be just as wrong as Passan.
I have never believed he would leave the Yankees and have seen nothing that gives me reason to think differently. I don't think Giants fans appreciate how much of a big deal being a Yankee is and just how badly the Yankees will be pilloried by fans and media if they are outspent by another team for Judge. And I don't see Judge taking less money to sign with the Giants UNLESS the Giants commit to spending on par with the Dodgers and Padres, something they haven't seemed willing to do. In some respects, Judge signing with the Dodgers would engender the worst possible reaction from Yankees fans and media, so I would give the Dodgers even smaller odds than the Giants to sign him.
But like Passan said he could be totally wrong and the Giants make Judge an offer he can't refuse that the Yankees can't justify, I could be just as wrong as Passan.