“We had the magic carpet ride regular season with him doing what he did, and we wish we could have gotten farther in the postseason, but there is still work to be done and we would like to do that together with him, which means continuing to pursue that World Series dream… And we want Aaron Judge to be a part of that. If he’s willing and we can find common ground, despite the competition, there is more work to be done together.”

If we lose Judge, there are
other free agents out there.

Can't shake the feeling that the more Shallow Hal and Cooperstown Cashman - (quoted above) - publicly ejaculate their admiration for Aaron Judge, the less likely he is to stay.

They had a year to write love sonnets. Now, Hal must either write the biggest check... or wave goodbye. 

Meanwhile, this happy talk offensive seems aimed less at Judge than at the Vinnys from Bayonne, who would spend the winter raging about disloyal players instead of greedy owners. 

Other notes...

1. Congrats to Judge for winning the AL MVP. As ZacharyA has pointed out, Judge scored 28 out of 30 first place votes, the dissenters being Angels' beat writers. It should have been unanimous - three more hits, and Judge wins the Triple Crown - but the courtiers will keep their jobs by voting for Ohtani.

2. Within his recent charm offensive is the suggestion that Hal won't stop with Judge, that he'll don his daddy's pants and sign another big name. Why do I doubt this? Well, most of the big free agents play SS, which would undermine Cashman's 2022 strategy, when he dodged a wave of star shortstops to give Anthony Volpe and the Oswalds a year to grow. If the Yankees sign Carlos Correa or Trea Turner, what then? Do we start trading our top prospects again? Is Rick Rhoden available?