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They have O.C. at short. ARod playing third would make more sense.
ING YES all that A-Rod money is off the Rangers' book (how ing stupid is it that we agreed to pay part of his salary when trading him to the YANKEES???!?!) and of course with all this extra money we can fully expect Tom Hicks to......pocket it and not think twice about possibly putting it to good use in the organization.... ....
They have O.C. at short. ARod playing third would make more sense.
@ Jimc and Tlong.
Its sad that A-rods days in New York are gone
But he needs the money to pay for his family so I dont blame the guy.
The astros need a 3rd baseman!!
I was hoping more of a comeback for Roberto Alomar but Molitor will do...You have a better chance of getting Paul Molitar again.
He is going to the Dodgers...book it...set in stone. They need a big bat, a big name, and he can play either short of 3rd. The Angels won't spend the money, but the Dodgers want to spend the money. Book it
That 93 team was loaded. I was pulling for Philly, they had their hands full with that Toronto club, which was playing their asses off that post season, for sure.
Here in Cleveland we already have a future Hall of Famer at 3rd.... Casey Blake and his beard.
But AROD isn't going to the Cubs b/c the sale won't be final before Spring. He will be a Dodger, book it
Blake did a real nice job, he had a couple of bad plays that hurt his post season, but he is a real good player.
Yeah he is decent. The Indians love him because they are cheap and he plays basically every position other than pitcher and catcher. But AROD is on a different level. I just joke around because I always joke with my friends that Casey Blake is the next ARod, and that I would rather have him than Arod. Sometimes they actually think I'm serious.
All I know is that if a team signs him to be a leader and expect him to lead, then that team isn't winning a WS. The only way a team wins a WS with him is if they can overcome his suckiness come October, but with all the money that will be going his way I don't see anyone overcoming that part of the deal. I can't understand why anyone would pay anything more than half of his current deal for a guy who turns gutless when it counts. It's like if Dirk had great regular seasons and completely choked and disappeared in the playoffs every year since 2002, but still got the biggest contract in the NBA. That's just dumb.
A-Rod opts out.....
...on the same day that the Sox win the WS. All class, that A-Rod. Glad Peter Gammons noticed and said something about it. A-Rod is a hoser.
Leadership in baseball is overrated. It's all about performance under pressure. A-Rod has sucked the last three post-seasons, but he alone isn't the reason the Yankees lost in any of the last three playoffs. Pitching, pitching, pitching. A-Rod is not the only one who sucked it up in a supposed superstar line-up.
I doubt it was A-Rod, it was probably Boras. He is the one who told the announcers about it because he knew it was the last big national stage for baseball if the Sox won. I bet A-Rod made his decision a few days ago and BorASS decided to wait until he could get the most possible attention. He is known for his antics.
And that being said, yeah ... it sucks, what an ass. I am BEYOND tired of hearing about the Yankees during the WS, considering they haven't been there in 7 years.
Agreed. Miguel Tejada used to be labeled as one of the best leaders in baseball. A guy who simply 'willed' his team to victory and wouldn't allow them to collapse.
Has anyone payed attention to the O's in recent years? (Did Tejada simply forget how to lead?)
I hate Boras!!
yep he saw the sox were going to win. if the rockies were ahead he would have waited until the last game of the WS. that guy is an asshole.
Yankees were in the World Series 4 years ago in 2003.
You can be certain that one team he will not go to is StL. They have long not dealt with Boras. Unless the new GM (to be named) is his buddy, he likely won't even get a call from them.
Class in professional sports? Surely you jest!!! If I was A-Rod I would do the same thing, he doesn't owe them anything.
I think he ends up in boston
lowe will go somewhere where they offer him 3-4 years boston will not want to offer him more then 2
If Rodriguez is serious about participation in ownership, the Cubs can't sign him. Any sale cannot be approved until the next winter meetings.
It looks like the Braves and White Sox have been positioning themselves to make a run at Rodriguez. I can't see him wanting to go to the White Sox, because of their "second team" status and brutal division. If Atlanta were a bigger national media market, the Braves would make a lot of sense. (I would think he would want to go to the NL over the AL.)
Detroit does not seem interested, based on their acquisition of Renteria.
That was Boras posturing. MLB rules prohibit any current or promise of future ownership in a player's contract.
Without the MFYs involved in the bidding, it may not get up to the $25 million per year that he was making.
I suspected that, but a friend of mine swore up and down that it was permitted.
I think you are correct. Without the Yankees driving up the price and/or bidding against themselves, Rodriguez may be a little surprised.
From a pure baseball standpoint, Atlanta looks pretty good: reasonable stadium dimensions, decent weather (not the best, but certainly not the worst), NL pitching, tame media, and no real compe ion for attention (C. Jones and Smoltz don't care). I assume Cox and Torre have similar styles in day to day conduct of operations, but Cox may be seen as a negative. (Both the Yankees and Braves have a lot of internal rules, but Cox is more volatile.) Rodriguez likes Piniella, who is a red ass, so who knows?
Atlanta has definitely positioned itself to make an offer. By letting Andruw Jones walk, trading Renteria, and clearing Wickman, they are down to close to $50 million/year. That gives them about $30 million, and I have not even addressed the new ownership. (I would assume they would spend a little more to make a splash.)
I would make the same argument about the Cubs, but their timing is wrong to get a deal done. Overspending on Soriano may cost them this opportunity anyway.
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