Sean Keys gets the call!
Keys was my Blue Jays breakout pick entering the season and has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations this season. He wields one of the loudest bats in the minors and has a swing perfectly geared for pulling fly balls
Congrats!
Aaron Judge says one phone call added a ninth year to his $360,000,000 deal and he learned he would become the next Yankees captain
“We're going back and forth with different offers from different teams. And I'm telling her, ‘I want to stay in New York. I don't want to go anywhere else.’ Conversations in New York really weren't going anywhere. She was like, ‘Just call Hal. Just call them up. Tell them how you're feeling. Tell them what you think’”
“So I shot him a message, and he said, ‘Give me five seconds. I’m going to pull off to the side of the road.’ We call him, and I'm laying it out there. ‘Hey, I don't want to go anywhere. This is where I want to be. If you can just add one more year to the deal. I'm set. I'm not looking for anything more. I just want one more year. I want to play this game for a long time’”
“He's like, ‘That's it? All right, done. Sounds good.’ Like, damn, I should have asked for two more years. I was sitting there, Sam’s excited, we're both on the phone on speakerphone, and then all of a sudden he's like, ‘Oh, by the way, we're also going to make you the next Yankee captain. I see you fit right in line with Jeter, Munson, all these guys’”
“I was more speechless about that than hearing about agreeing to a nine-year deal. Sam's hitting me, ‘Hey, you got to say something.’ It was just special. It meant a lot. Getting a chance to represent the Yankees, be their captain, it's all about being there for my guys”