Last August we wrote YANKEE RUMORS: A FUTURE WITHOUT AARON JUDGE? after multiple sources started speculating that the Yankees future may not include Judge at all. It was an interesting take that considered a Judgeless Yankee team after 2022. Ken Rosenthal had an interesting idea that isn't on the table now but now Buster Olney is giving us another rumor HERE.
We all like rumors, but does this one mean anything? Okay so over the winter the Angels and the Yankees discussed Aaron Judge. Fine, maybe they did but even Olney said it was "the lightest of flirtations" and "perhaps a door-opener for other names." It's a nice blip in baseball news but literally every team does this. Does that mean we should get excited about a possible Jo Adell or Shohei Ohtani move to the Bronx? No, so anyone who would float the name of Mike Trout in this conversation would make me laugh hysterically.
It's just talk. Could it mean something? Maybe, but not the big blockbuster names we all drool over. If anything it's probably the door-opener for other players that Olney said could be a possibility. We know GM's all have these conversations. If anything maybe Angels GM Perry Minasian called Brian Cashman and it went a little something like this:
Minasian: "Hey Brian, is Judge available?"
Cashman: "We aren't looking to move him. If we were, it would be a very high price tag."
And that's probably it, or maybe Cashman gave a flat out "No" instead. I don't think this is serious buzzworthy news. Maybe it's nothing but a PR stunt for Buster Olney. I mean, if you want to read his post on it you can HERE but you have to be a subscribed ESPN Insider to even read it.
I'm not going to read into this yet. Do I think there is a possibility of a Yankee team without Judge beyond 2022? Sure, but I don't think this Angels connection has anything to do with that at this point. It's a rumor without a lot of substance at this point but.....that's baseball.
It is no rumor. Remember when Cashman stated that everyone is subject to trades. He said this when the team has a horrible start similar to this start. Sure Judge has a long contract but those contracts have wings and if the deal looks, good goodbye Judge. Judge is no one special.
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