Yankees Rumors: Aaron Judge Expected to Command $300M Contract in Free Agency

If Judge stays on his current trajectory this season, he may be playing his way toward a $300 million contract.

Jeff Passan, an MLB Insider for the sports network, discussed Judge's contract situation on The Rich Eisen Show on Friday.

Passan said at the 2:50 mark of the video that if Judge stays healthy, he will get a three-year contract.

Judge and the Yankees were unable to come to terms on a new contract before the start of the 2021 season, and at the time, Judge said he did not intend to hold contract talks during the season.

Passan noted that the Yankees could have signed him to an extension worth more than 200 million dollars over eight years, but they took a chance.

Judge is the front-runner for the American League Most Valuable Player in the early going, so he stands to make far more.

Entering play Friday, the 30-year-old veteran leads Major League Baseball with 14 home runs, plus he is slashing.307/.381/.668 with 30 RBI and 32 runs scored.

The Yankees are the best team in baseball so far this season with a 28-10 record.

When healthy, Judge has been a force throughout his seven-year MLB career with three All-Star selections, two Silver Slugger Awards, an American League Freshman of the Year Award, and a second-place finish in the 2017ALMVP voting when he hit career-high 52 homers.

He was limited to 112 games in the last two years, which has been an issue. He played in only 28 games during the 2020 campaign.

Judge had his healthiest year in two years last season, as he appeared in 148 games and hit 39 home runs.

Judge is on pace to surpass those marks this season, and if he does, he is in line to land a monster contract from the Yankees or another team.

Passan named the New York Mets, San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs as big-market teams that could pursue Judge, but he noted that if the Yankees are willing to pay him the most or close to the most money, he expects Judge to remain in pinstripes.