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That was the thing I was most excited about concerning his return to STL. Would love to see him hit that number in a Cardinals uniform.

I have to wonder had he stayed in St. Louis, instead of talking about 700, we might be talking 800.
 
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They should have paid him in the off-season. Going to cost more now.

I don't see him staying iwth the Yankees, now that he feels disrespected. Plus, the Yankees seem to be going cheap now (for them, anyways). If they wouldn't pay him before, they won't pay him even more now.
 
I don't see him staying iwth the Yankees, now that he feels disrespected. Plus, the Yankees seem to be going cheap now (for them, anyways). If they wouldn't pay him before, they won't pay him even more now.

The other question is: which other team will want to pay him what he's asking for?

I know a lot of media are claiming the Giants will be in for him, but I cannot see Zaidi giving that kind of contract to one player, especially one who will be entering his age 31 season.

Fun Judge fact: at 6'7", 282 pounds, he is the largest position player in baseball history.
 
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The other question is: which other team will want to pay him what he's asking for?

I know a lot of media are claiming the Giants will be in for him, but I cannot see Zaidi giving that kind of contract to one player, especially one who will be entering his age 31 season.

Fun Judge fact: at 6'7", 282 pounds, he is the largest position player in baseball history.

Maybe the Dodgers.
 
The Yankees are in a win-win situation. They'll either re-sign Judge for more than they initially offered him, or they'll go all-in on Soto. Which is a real possibility, he's a Boras client.
 
Possibly, but being able to DH in the AL probably prolonged his career enough to bring him back to STL.
No way he could be an every day player in the field.

My thinking is that St. Louis is a baseball town. Anaheim, or wherever they are located, is not. So the crowd is going to have you pumped up every game. If he needed to be a DH, he needed to go to a baseball town like NY or Boston where the crowd would get into it and pump up the players. Also, being on a winner would help as well.
 
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My thinking is that St. Louis is a baseball town. Anaheim, or wherever they are located, is not. So the crowd is going to have you pumped up every game. If he needed to be a DH, he needed to go to a baseball town like NY or Boston where the crowd would get into it and pump up the players. Also, being on a winner would help as well.

Yeah, but NY and Boston fans are also equallly likely to trash him if he underperforms.
 
Just staggering. The red sox were 8-2 up in the 6th against the Orioles, Garret Whitlock had just pitched a blinding six innings for a quality start, they were all set to get a comfortable win… and the bullpen spontaneously combusts, giving up 10 (!!!) runs in 3 innings for an 8-12 loss.
 
Just staggering. The red sox were 8-2 up in the 6th against the Orioles, Garret Whitlock had just pitched a blinding six innings for a quality start, they were all set to get a comfortable win… and the bullpen spontaneously combusts, giving up 10 (!!!) runs in 3 innings for an 8-12 loss.

I am really hating the new trend in MLB to take out starting pitchers so quickly. Still can't believe the Dodgers pulled Kershaw after 7 with a perfect game. Analytics is ruining the joy of the game.
 
Just staggering. The red sox were 8-2 up in the 6th against the Orioles, Garret Whitlock had just pitched a blinding six innings for a quality start, they were all set to get a comfortable win… and the bullpen spontaneously combusts, giving up 10 (!!!) runs in 3 innings for an 8-12 loss.
From what I’m reading, that’s going to be happening more to teams facing the Orioles. Apparently they have the top rated farm system, and these players are now making their way to the show. They don’t plan on being the doormat of the AL East for much longer.
 
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From what I’m reading, that’s going to be happening more to teams facing the Orioles. Apparently they have the top rated farm system, and these players are now making their way to the show. They don’t plan on being the doormat of the AL East for much longer.
I'd love to see them get going.
 
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