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TAMPA Huston Street Jersey , Fla. (AP) — Aaron Judge thinks the New York Yankees have a championship-caliber team without Manny Machado.“We weren’t in the position I felt like that we really needed to go out there and grab too many big pieces,” the Yankees slugger said after Tuesday’s first full-squad workout. “We were just in a position where we just needed to add maybe one or two key guys and bring back a couple key guys that are just going to get us over the hump, and I feel like we did that.”A person familiar with the negotiations speaking on condition of anonymity to the Associated Press confirmed that Machado agreed to a $300 million, 10-year deal with the San Diego Padres. The person said the agreement was subject to a successful physical and had not been announced. but didn’t appear to make a formal offer to the star infielder.“My take on it is, San Diego signed a really great player,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I think we have a great club. I think we’re deep. Sitting here last year I felt like we had a really good team. As I sit here today, I feel like we’re a stronger team based on the moves we made this winter.”New York’s 100-62 record in Boone’s first season as manager was its best since winning the 2009 World Series. New York added left-hander James Paxton, reliever Adam Ottavino, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and infielder DJ LeMahieu, and also re-signed starters CC Sabathia and J.A. Happ along with reliever Zack Britton.“The lineup and the team that we have is pretty darn good,” Judge said. “We won 100 games. I’m excited for our team.”Judge knows the team goal is always the same.“We came up a little short last season,” Judge said. “It’s always a disappointment any time we don’t win a World Series. You always want to be that team, the last one standing. That will be our goal again this year.”Judge said he hasn’t heard about any proposals for a long-term contract.“I’m focused on the season,” Judge said.Judge also said his shoulder, which was operated on during the 2017 offseason, and wrist that sidelined him last season are both 100 percent.“That’s the thing I kind of was looking for http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-rod-carew-jersey ,” Judge said. “Getting a chance to actually have a normal offseason because the year before, going into ’18, dealing with shoulder surgery and the majority of my time was spent rehabbing that.”Judge didn’t start swinging a bat last year until arriving in Florida.Judge will be working for the second straight spring training on hitting with former NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton.“The biggest thing is his approach,” Judge said. “That’s one thing I really enjoyed watching. You see why he won an MVP, why he’s an All-Star. That’s the biggest thing I got from ‘G,’ was different approaches.”“I’d try and share them, but I’ve got to keep a couple secret,” a smiling Judge added.FARQUHAR MOVING FORWARDReliever Danny Farquhar, coming back from a brain hemorrhage stemming from a ruptured aneurysm last April 20, has started throwing to hitters. “Can only imagine the emotions running through him,” Boone said.MLB MEETINGBoone said MLB executive and former Yankees manager Joe Torre will be at camp Wednesday. The manager plans to talk with Yankees’ pitchers about the 20-second pitch clock to be used at spring training. He also never won a Cy Young Award, was named in the infamous Mitchell Report and admitted to using human growth hormone.Speaking of which...The HoldoversOh, here we go.Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens both belong in the Hall of Fame.Bonds is the all-time leader for career and single-season home runs next to a raft of other accolades and accomplishments. Clemens is a seven-time Cy Young Award winner and ranks third on the list of all-time strikeout leaders.Counterargument: Both players were implicated in baseball's steroid era and should be kept out of the Hall of Fame for moral reasons.You already know where you come down in that particular debate, so we're not going to try to convince you one way or the other.Last year, Bonds got 56.4 percent of the vote and Clemens got 57.3 percent. As an aside, if you're a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America who cast a "yes" for Clemens and a "no" for Bonds, you need to turn in your credentials now. Like http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-nolan-ryan-jersey , seriously.At any rate, Bonds and Clemens figure to hang around, short of induction but well above elimination, while MLB wrestles with its history of performance-enhancing drugs.Uncredited/Associated Press"Things are definitely turning around for the better," Bonds said in January, per MLB.com's Barry M. Bloom. "I only have so many years left. So, 2021? That's going to be fun. And they're going to put us in together? That'd be great."Beyond the PED conundrum, voters will consider Edgar Martinez, the greatest designated hitter of all time, along with Mike Mussina and Curt Schilling.All three surpassed 50 percent of the vote in 2018, but none is a shoo-in for enshrinement. Schilling appears to have been dinged for his controversial political leanings and borderline statistical case. Mussina might be stuck in good-not-great purgatory, though his vote total rose to 63.5 percent in 2018.Martinez, meanwhile, is the test case for whether a DH can gain HOF entry, and his 70.4 percent vote total in 2018 put him on the doorstep. The InducteesSo, who's getting a plaque in Cooperstown in 2019?Rivera, the all-time saves leader with 652 Cameron Maybin Jersey , has all the trappings of a first-ballot lock. He's a lifetime New York Yankee, a postseason legend and the platonic ideal of a closer. In a world where it took Trevor Hoffman only three years, Rivera should do it in one.Martinez got close enough in 2018 to suggest he might vault over the 75 percent threshold. It's also his final year of eligibility, though there are other avenues for future induction.Instead, we'll pick a different player to join Rivera in the '19 class.That would be Halladay, whose 203 wins, 2,117 strikeouts, two Cy Young Awards, perfect game and postseason no-hitter compose a strong if not unimpeachable HOF resume.Pouya Dianat/Atlanta Braves/Getty ImagesWith Halladay'stragic deathin November still fresh in the minds of voters, his induction may come sooner than previously expected.Martinez could make it a trio, but it says here it'll be Rivera and Halladay in 2019, while the Bonds/Clemens PED can gets kicked down the road.All statistics courtesy of Baseball Reference.