Yankees' Brian Cashman talks Aaron Judge contract negotiations: 'There’s a pot of gold there'

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New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman vowed there would be a "pot of gold" for Aaron Judge in the offseason to keep the slugging outfielder in pinstripes after an historic season.

Cashman talked to reporters on Sunday as the team prepared for their American League Division Series matchup against the Cleveland Guardians. Judge broke the American League record for most home runs in a single season with 62 and nearly won the American League Triple Crown. He did it all in the final year of his contract with New York and speculation has run rampant about his future in the Bronx.

Cashman did his best to give Yankees fans some hope that the team will come to the negotiating table with as close to a blank check as possible. He didn’t elaborate on any figures.

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Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees rounds the bases after hitting his 62nd home run of the season against the Rangers at Globe Life Field on Oct. 4, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

"There’s a pot of gold there," he said, via MLB.com. "It’s yet to be determined how much it weighs, but it’s a pot of gold, no doubt about it. So good for him. It was already a big pot, and obviously it’ll be bigger. He’s put himself in an amazing position to have a lot of choices. Obviously, we’d like to win the day on that discussion. If you need to hear it again, I’ll say it again: of course we’d love to have Aaron Judge back as a New York Yankee."

Cashman added: "I think that history since the ‘70s, and the advent of free agency, shows that players have changed organizations. We always compete to try and keep what we’d like to