The Yankees won't be adding any more money to the get A-Rod's great-great-great-grandchildren through college fund. This report by ESPN sounds to me like a reporter desperate for a story.
So here's the breakdown:
A reporter, looking for his story of the day, walks up to Yankees' GM Brian Cashman and asks if the Yankees will sweeten the pot to ensure A-Rod doesn't walk at the end of this year.
What is Cashman supposed to say to that? A-Rod is set to earn $27 million this season. Even though the Yankees are paying only a portion of that figure, Cashman has to be thinking that this is a joke.
Quite frankly, all of this "news" that's conjured up about A-Rod is a joke. His "rift" with A-Rod. His inability to hit in the clutch. His defense at third base (so that actually IS a storyline). Just let the guy play out the season, and when it's over, watch as he doesn't opt out of his contract and elects to remain a Yankee.
There's no way A-Rod is getting a raise anytime soon, but he's not going to take a paycut before he has to, either.
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A-Rod is gone when the season is over. He's going to Piniella and the Cubs where he can lose in peace, and he probably won't take a paycut to do it.
If only the Giants needed a power-hitting third baseman. At least we have Fleas, right?
Luke's comment raises the question: when A-Rod opts out of his current deal and resigns with another team, will it be as a shortstop or third baseman?
I think you guys are missing it (though, as a Giants fan, I would gladly take A-Rod). Given the current market, there's no way A-Rod would get anything near the $27 million he's getting now. We can speculate which team he'll end up with and what position he'll play, but we have three years to do it.
A-Rod might not get $27 million in a new deal, but he could get close enough. See Soriano and Zito. Plus more years and no New York pressure.
But as a Rangers fan who has been there, done that, you would be welcome to him.
A-Fraud might get $20 million, even given the current market if he ops out. The one thing that he can't get anywhere else, Chicago or other locales, is the legendary status that New York offers (see Jeter, Ruth et all). Even though as a Giants fan I'd love to see them get a player of this caliber, it would be nice to see him accomplish his goal of playoff prowess in the Big Apple. My guess is that in the end he'll be in New York for the long haul.
Completely agree, Kent. He has something to prove, and he's got to know that running won't help him prove anything.
A-Rod has had three years, including an MVP season, and is no where near achieving legendary status. He's practically begging for Yankee love with his 'if the fans don't like me I'll move on' comments. If he was interested in proving something, he would have stayed and turned Texas into a winner. In Chicago, he can be loved and still get good money.
And what would be so nice about seeing A-Rod and the Yankees win, Kent? Sounds like baseball hell to me.
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