IS RANDY LEVINE MAKING A PROMISE HE CAN'T KEEP?

As frustrating as it has been to watch the Yankees this season there is one part that I have really enjoyed. It's been fun to watch Aaron Judge slug his way through a historic season, it's been the bright spot we've all needed. He bet on himself in his walk year and he will end up winning a big jackpot....but will the Yankees come out as winners on the other side?

I hope so, and Yankee President Randy Levine said that the Yankees "will be extraordinarily competitive" in their quest to keep Judge in pinstripes, you can listen to more of what he said HERE. But just how competitive remains to be seen and I certainly hope the Yankees handle talks with Judge much better than they did with Dellin Betances, who had his name completely butchered by the one and only Randy Levine.

I don't think I will ever be able to forget the arbitration hearing between Betances and the Yankees which Levine said some really stupid things, you can refresh your memory HERE. He didn't value Betances at the height of his career with us....so can we really be confident he values Judge enough? He says the Yankees do. "we know his worth and what he means. All we can do is show him how much we'd like him to remain a Yankee," Levine said.

"There's no issue about, 'Do we want Aaron Judge back?'" Levine said. "There's no issue [with] 'how much we value him.' It's a negotiation. What we'll talk about with him and his representatives in the offseason is, 'How do we keep him?' And then it will be up to him to see, does he want to stay here [or] does he want to go someplace else? Is somebody offering him a better deal?"

So hopefully that means the Yankees are ready to open their wallets if Levine meant what he said when he called Judge "an all-time Yankee." I trust the Yankees more without Levine's comments. I guess we will have to wait and see what dollar amount they feel is appropriate for an "all-time Yankee."

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj