Yankees Won’t Offer Projected $52 Million Star an Extension, Per Columnist
Only one member of the New York Yankees sits atop all MLB players in a primary statistical category at this point in the season: closer Clay Holmes, who is tied with the San Diego Padres’ Robert Suarez as the major league’s saves leaders with nine apiece.
Holmes has earned a save in all but one of his opportunities to date this season, giving up no earned runs and racking up 12 strikeouts in 12 innings so far. Heis pitching better than ever in his seventh big-league season and he’d be poised for a four-year, $52 million extension, Tim Britton projected for The Athletic, if the Yankees offer one.
But Bob Klapsich, an MLB columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger, has reported that there’s no chance of that.
“This much is certain: Holmes won’t be hearing from the Yankees before season’s end,” Klapsich wrote. “Very few players get early extensions; it’s club policy. Holmes shouldn’t take it personally.”
The New York Yankees Might Lose Reliever Clay Holmes After the Season
If Holmes does ultimately test free agency at the end of a career-best season, he will find no shortage of suitors. As a result, his tenure with the Yankees could be destined to come to an end
