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Back in October Aaron Judge hit a bomb to record a record-breaking 62nd home run in the regular season. The fan that caught the ball, Cory Youmans, was offered $3 million on the spot for it.
He somehow turned down that offer and took the ball to auction. However, things didn’t play out in his favor, as the ball sold for less than his initial offer.
According to Front Office Sports, Aaron Judge’s record home run ball sold for $1.5 million at auction. That means, Youmans made half of the money he was originally offered. For whatever reason, the ball just didn’t have the bidding that he expected.
In October, Cory Youmans caught Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball.
A month later, he turned down a $3 million offer for it — instead choosing to put it up for auction.
The bidding for it finally just closed… at $1.5 million. pic.twitter.com/Oz6asxAP3N
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) December 18, 2022
As a result, MLB fans everywhere are roasting Cory Youmans about the whole situation. In the end, he did go home with a cool $1.5 million. Even if he could have had double the amount.
Also lost 1.5 million on a baseball! 🤷♂️
— 🤙 (@jlyle2121) December 18, 2022
I mean, can you blame him? If there’s a chance to get more then why not take it? Especially considering this dude still became $1.5 million richer all thanks to Aaron Judge.
love this… hate how greedy he was from start
— john smithneil (@JSmithneil) December 18, 2022
In the end, this Cory Youmans guy is doing alright for himself.
He’s doing alright pic.twitter.com/GuGyrSEBdd
— beachbum31882 (@beachbum31882) December 18, 2022
Now, we’re just going to sit back and wait for the next MLB season. Maybe Aaron Judge can hit 63 home runs next year and someone else will be lucky enough to at least make life-changing money.