The answer lies in Hal Steinbrenner’s willingness to surpass the second luxury tax threshold.
Rejoice, rejoice. Aaron Judge is officially returning to the Yankees on a nine-year, $360 million contract. To put it bluntly, that number is higher than I expected any team would go to at the beginning of the offseason, but I am glad that owner Hal Steinbrenner knew the value that Judge brings to the Yankees both on and off the field and put his money...