Mike Francesa is not a fan of the nine-year, $360 million contract the Yankees gave Aaron Judge to keep the outfielder in The Bronx.
However, former WFAN radio host Mike Francesa called the contract “extreme” on the latest episode ofFrancesa’s big qualm with the contract is how old Judge will be in its latter years.
“He’ll be 31 on Opening Day so this contract is an extreme contract. It’s a bad contract. The Yankees will pay dearly on this contract in years seven, eight and nine. I don’t think there’s any question about that,” Francesa said. “He will not be the same player, because nobody is. You don’t know how he’s gonna age, how gracefully he’s gonna age, how productively he’s gonna age. But the bottom line is he’s had injury problems and he’s gonna be 31 late April.
“If you’re a Yankee fan today, I know you are happy,” Francesa said. “Some of you are overjoyed. You won’t be overjoyed with this contract six or seven years from now. But that doesn’t matter. There are going to be plenty of home runs, plenty of great moments from Judge before that. No one can discount that. But there has to be big postseason moments. And those have been few and far between. That’s what has to change.
“Status quo is maintained,” Francesa said. “They still need to tinker with this team, improve this team in ways if they want to compete with the Astros.”
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