Aaron Judge certainly wouldn’t be the safest long-term investment for the Red Sox in free agency. But here's why the dynamic slugger is worth the risk.
this winter -- then there's no better place to start than Judge, who might be putting together the greatest free agent walk year ever.
But his season isn't solely about incredible numbers. He's thriving in the game's most intense market amidst a Yankees collapse that is hardly his doing, all under the specter of free agency. With New York struggling to score runs this month, Judge is hitting .457 with four homers as the lone beacon in a morass of misery.
Judge should benefit, and he'll probably become the first 30-year-old to sign a $300 million deal. No one can agree to those terms blithely, because Judge is the only position player ever to stand 6-foot-7 and weight at least 280 pounds. Bigger hitters will always be considered breakdown candidates, and no player of either Judge's height or weight -- let alone both -- has ever hit 30 homers after age 33.
And yet ... Aaron Judge! Those of us bemoaning the move towards austerity under Chaim Bloom can't have it both ways and rip the club for cheaping out and then kill it for spending. That's just choosing to be miserable.
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