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Darth_Lazarus asks: Seeing more teams starting to lock up young stars right away (Acuña, Franco, etc) is there any reason why the Yankees don’t? Financially speaking, given inflation and demand, contracts only get more expensive. For example, they could’ve offered judge a 10 year after 2017 and it would likely cost less than the offer he just rejected AND would’ve ended around his 36-37 years.