(New York) Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $19 million, one-year deal, avoiding a referee hearing scheduled for Friday.
Posted at 2:23 p.m.
Judge can add an additional $250,000 if he wins MVP of the season and $250,000 for World Series.
Judge is arguably halfway through his best season, averaging .304, 27 home runs and 53 RBIs in 68 games with the Major League-leading Yankees. He drove in the game-winning run on Thursday with a single in a 7-6 win over the Houston Astros.
Judge and the Yankees were scheduled for an arbitration hearing on Friday. No stats after 1is march was admissible, with the exception of contract and salary comparisons. This is the date set when Major League Baseball and the players’ association reached an agreement that ended the lockout.
