Insider shares details on contract Yankees have offered Aaron Judge

It appears the New York Yankees have offered All-Star slugger Aaron Judge an updated nine-figure deal. 

ESPN's Jeff Passan reported that the Yankees "have an offer on the table in the neighborhood of eight years and $300 million" for Judge. Passan added that the Yankees' "chief desire this offseason is to retain Judge" and that the team could go higher depending on what the reigning American League Most Valuable Player hears/has heard from the San Francisco Giants. The Yankees also remain willing to name Judge captain if he's interested. 

Judge, a native of Linden, California, reportedly had a "very productive" meeting with the Giants last week. It was previously said, however, that he "will allow the Yankees to finish as the highest bidder" in negotiations before he makes a final decision. 

Judge hit free agency after he rejected New York's seven-year, $213.5 million contract extension offer before this past season and then failed to come to terms on a new deal with the club shortly after the World Series. 

Also on Wednesday, ESPN's Jesse Rogers noted that seven of "a dozen team executives and MLB insiders from across both leagues" polled answered that they think Judge will earn over $320 million total on the open market. Six of those individuals said they think the Yankees will win the Judge sweepstakes, while three named the Los Angeles Dodgers as his future MLB home. Only two predicted he'll sign with the Giants. 

"He gambled and showed up, but I'm going to say he comes in a bit below [$320 million] and comes home to the West Coast," one team executive/insider told ESPN. "Dodgers or Giants. Sounds like Dodgers to me."

The Athletic's Jim Bowden said back on Nov. 10 that the Dodgers "are a real threat to offer a deal that could persuade Judge to leave the Yankees" due to their financial resources and ability to bring the 30-year-old back to California. 

For what it's worth, SNY's Andy Martino wrote Wednesday that "it appears that no one in the media knows exactly what the Yankees have offered" Judge and that "barely anyone in the Yankees organization has details, either."