PITTSBURGH — The value simply went up once more Wednesday night time. Hours after Yankees proprietor Hal Steinbrenner mentioned they’re “hopeful” that Aaron Judge could be a Yankee for a very long time, the slugger demonstrated as soon as once more why he needs to be.
Judge hammered his third profession grand slam because the Yankees blasted a season-high-tying six house runs to beat the Pirates 16-0 in a rain-delayed sport at PNC Park.
The Yankees snapped a two-game shedding streak and break up the two-game sequence as they head to Boston for his or her final cease on their four-city, 10-game street journey and a giant American League East division battle. The Yankees have simply 5 shedding streaks of not less than two video games this season — and only one longer than two video games — tied with the Astros for the fewest within the majors. With a season-high 22 hits, they improved to 17-6 after a loss this season.
Luis Severino threw six scoreless innings, scattered 4 hits and struck out three for the win.
Josh Donaldson and Joey Gallo went back-to-back within the sixth and Kyle Higashioka homered within the seventh, whereas Giancarlo Stanton homered and Aaron Hicks hit a grand slam off infielder Josh VanMeter within the ninth.
“I feel like games like this help guys get rolling,” Judge mentioned. “You have a couple of good at bats and a couple of balls in the gap and all of a sudden guys just take off for a week or two or a whole month or even the rest of the season.”
It was Judge’s main league-leading thirtieth homer of the season. He is the primary Yankee to hit not less than 30 homers in back-to-back seasons since Curtis Granderson in 2011-12, based on ESPN.
“Glad it came in a win,” Judge mentioned. “What’s more important here is most of [the team is] rolling. And we got a good lead in the East and we got a big opponent coming up here with Boston for four in Fenway. It will be our first time going there all year, so we’re looking forward to it, it’s going to be a fun series.”
The 384-foot shot to left area was the shortest of the Yankees’ six house runs Wednesday night time, however it will definitely may very well be the most expensive. Judge’s worth is rising on the free agent market with each massive swing.
“Well, there’s no doubt we are hopeful that that is the case,” Steinbrenner mentioned about Judge in a convention name with reporters Wednesday afternoon. “But there’s a lot of discussion to be had. And I’m always willing to talk of course. And we’re going to be doing that at one point or another but we’re just not going to be talking about if that happens or if and when that happens. We’re not going to be talking about anything till the season’s over.”
Judge, who is about to change into essentially the most extremely sought-after free agent this winter, turned down an extension that might have been price $230 million and was able to go to an arbitration listening to for this 12 months’s wage (the group and participant settled within the center at $19 million with incentives). The $30.5 million per 12 months proposed by the Yankees would have made him the very best paid place participant per 12 months (or annual common worth) in Yankee historical past and the second highest on the group behind Gerrit Cole. It would have given him the second highest AAV of an outfielder within the sport, behind solely Mike Trout.
That was earlier than Judge, who set an Opening Day deadline for extension negotiations, crushed the primary half of the season. Judge started Wednesday night time, the 82nd sport of the season slashing .281/.360/.612 with a .972 OPS and 29 homers.
Both Judge and Steinbrenner mentioned that this can’t now change into a distraction because the Yankees look to win their first World Series since 2009. Steinbrenner mentioned there could be no updates if there have been behind-the-season talks and that followers must wait till after the season to search out out the destiny of the face of the franchise.
But Wednesday night time, Judge continued to make his case along with his bat.
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