Reply With Quote
Down to Chicago he goes...
Rodriguez opts out of $252 million, 10-year contract with Yanks
ESPN.com news services
Updated: October 28, 2007, 10:52 PM ET
DENVER -- Alex Rodriguez opted out of his $252 million, 10-year contract with the New York Yankees on Sunday in what appears to be the end of his career with New York.
Agent Scott Boras said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that Rodriguez had made the decision.
On Saturday, the Yankees asked to meet with the third baseman and league sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney that the team was prepared to make him an offer that would have exceeded, in average salary, the $27 million per year that he was scheduled to make over the next three seasons -- and A-Rod would have be in line to set yet another salary benchmark.
The offer would have been for something in the range of five years -- beyond the three years Rodriguez is already under contract for, from 2008-10 -- and perhaps $30 million a year. The highest per-workday salary earned to date is the $28 million Roger Clemens received, in prorated salary, for a little less than four months of work this season.
Yankees executives, from Hank Steinbrenner to team president Randy Levine to general manager Brian Cashman, have stated repeatedly that if Rodriguez opted out of the contract, they would not participate in any more bidding for the third baseman. With Rodriguez opting out of his current contract, the Yankees will lose $21.3 million in subsidy from the Texas Rangers, the team that signed Rodriguez to his current $252 million deal after the 2000 season.
Some executives are convinced that no other team will come close to the enormous extension offer the Yankees intended to make, and rival agents and executives are reading the steady stream of public negotiation rhetoric from agent Scott Boras as a bluff. But some officials cite Boras's history of taking his clients into free agency, and say they think Rodriguez will leave the Yankees.
ESPN The Magazine senior writer Buster Olney and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3084583
Down to Chicago he goes...
Starting at Short for your Los Angeles Angels, ALEX RODDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEGUEZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!
Book it.
Last 5 Years:
World Series Victories:
NYY: 0
BOS: 2
World Series Appearances:
NYY: 1
BOS: 2
Postseason Record:
NYY: 19-22
BOS: 28-15
(assuming manny and papi don't fall flat on their face for the next 6 rockie outs)
And with Torre Clemens and A-Rod gone, plus probably a few more veterans, the Yankees are realizing they are a second thought in their own division.
I LOVE IT.
I think ARod will go to the Sox.
I know there's lots of reasons he did this, but how big a part was Torre's walking play into it?
Not at Mike Lowell's expense I hope.
Now, if A Rod plays SS in place of Lugo, that is another story.But no way can they afford to keep Lowell and sign A Rod, so I do not see him in Boston.
Lowell is gone in my opinion.Not at Mike Lowell's expense I hope.
Now, if A Rod plays SS in place of Lugo, that is another story.
most teams, maybe even the bosox, would regret dumping that a high percentage of their entire payroll to just one player.
if his return is that valuable in relation to his salary, there's no way that the Yankees would allow him to leave. it should say A LOT that the MFYs weren't even willing to take on his entire salary at $25/year (they required the rangers to add a subsidy).
Yeah, and you said Colorado will sweep the Sox...so you can imagine what cedence I put in your opinions.
Dude, I just said that to piss you off. Lowell is going to command big money after the year he had. I think the Sox will let him walk and splurge on ARod.Yeah, and you said Colorado will sweep the Sox...so you can imagine what cedence I put in your opinions.
Dude, I know you said that to piss me off...I am just busting your chops for it.
Boston will pay a lot, but will only give him 2 years, since he is going to be 34 yrs old...another team might go 4 yrs, that is the only question.
I would think that Lowell will want to stay, this team can win 3 more WS rings, easily.
not easily (this one wasn't easy, one lights out start by Sabathia or Carmona last week would have kept the bosox out of the series), but they are still young enough to be a factor without turning over their roster.
I don't know the financial situation of the Phillies, but they might be an interesting option for A-Rod. They have great power lefties in the middle of their line-up with Utley and Howard, and A-Rod could fit nicely in between at the clean-up spot.
I'm sure the Cubs, Mets, Red Sox, Dodgers will all call, but which among them can really afford a long-term contract worth upwards of $25 million?
I can't believe he would opt out without a verbal deal already in place, and one greater than what he would have gotten by staying. And the only team I can imagine paying him that, other than the Yankees, is Boston.
And yet, I have this crazy feeling he's going to be signed by a team no one expected. Tampa Bay? Toronto?
Tampa Bay? He makes more than their whole team put together...I am sure team chemistry would be great if he went there.
God I hope so
God I hope so
You have a better chance of getting Paul Molitar again.
Tampa Bay? He makes more than their whole team put together...I am sure team chemistry would be great if he went there.
What do they have to lose? They suck, they will never compete with the Yankees or Red Sox, and the only way to get fans in the seats is to sign a superstar. They can certainly afford him given their payroll. He'll fill seats, and for him, it gives him a chance to play close to home and in a stress-free environment where he can just concentrate on putting up HOF numbers.
arod will be angel or a cub, depending on who offers more dough
Possibly, but I remember Cashman saying they were adamant they really wanted to keep Tom Hicks' money paying part of the salary. An extension would have allowed that.
Hey $CDN are worth more than $US right now ...
I hope he becomes a Cub so that he is in the NL and I won't have to hear about him as much, being a Rangers fan.
actually, tampa is loaded with young talent. in a couple of years, they could be what cleveland was this year.
That would be nice. As an M's fan I don't want to hear about that pos prima donna either.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
