Should the Yankees trade Alex Rodriguez?

Answer 1

This is a tough one to answer because he is not having good numbers with the Yankees but that might be atributed to the fact that the fans are booing him. The short answer is yes because if he has another bad year with them his value will go down significantly.

Answer 2

I think they should trade him. A-Rod would like it and benefit from it, and so would the Yankees. A-Rod just can't handle New York, and he can't play in the playoffs with that kind of pressure. Or maybe he would benefit from going back to shortstop. So if they trade him, maybe he'll be more comfortable playing for a team that doesn't require you win a championship every year. And, if he can't handle New York, the Yankees pay 24 million dollars for a guy who won't help them complete their goal. The Yankees would benefit because they lose Alex Rodriguez, and they get an extra 24 million dollars (which I'm sure they won't hesitate to use!).Don't get me wrong A-Rod is an excellent player and I like him a lot. I really don't understand why Red Sox fans hate him so much, because he wanted to be the Red Sox shortstop. It wasn't his fault he's a Yankee. It's the Players' Association not letting him get less money (even though he wanted less to come to Boston). It's George Steinbrenner's insane spending ideas. It's Aaron Boone breaking his knee or something playing basketball.
Basically to sum it all up, A-Rod can't be in New York, and New York can't have A-Rod.

Answer 3

Nope. That would be a stupid move!
As soon as they did, A-Rod would get his head on straight
and start playing like the awesome player he is.
Then Steinbrenner would have egg on his face
and he wouldn't like that.
Everyone talks about big egos in NY, well,
Steinbrenner's is the biggest.
He can't risk someone telling him he made
a mistake trading A-Rod or
"Look at him now!".
He won't risk it.
The chances of A-Rod coming out of his own head
and getting back into the game are very good
and when he does,
the Yankees want to be his team.

Answer 4

To commerce him, that they had could desire to agreee to consume a number of the income. i think of the Rangers are overlaying $9 million of his $25 million contract ... which leaves $sixteen million. If the Yankees have been prepared to consume someplace between $6 and eight million of something, many communities could have an interest. i think of he desires to pass. He seems to be fading under the stress even in the regularly used season (all the fielding errors this previous season), and of direction has been terrible in the positioned up season. The positioned up season is the place the Yankees will constantly be, so as that they % gamers who can carry accessible. The Yankees % pitching, I say the Yankees pass him for pitching. although, considering that i do no longer quite like the Yanks, i could be extremely joyful in the event that they shop him, so i will proceed to observe him choke.

Answer 5

I don't think that the Yankees will approach him about a trade, but I believe that if he initiated talks, then he will probably go, not to an AL foe either. I could see Lou Pinella making a push for him to be a central figure for rebuilding the Cubs organization

Answer 6

The problem, as pointed out, is that A-Rod makes about $25 million per year, but his current value, compared with other players, is probably about $10 to 12 million per year. The Rangers bear about $9 million per year, meaning that the Yankees would have to make a cash concession of $4 to 6 million per year to a team taking A-Rod. In fact, that is treating him like toxic waste that you have to pay to have hauled away. He is not that bad that George is going to want to pay $4 to 6 million to have him play for someone else. So, no, he is going to stay in the Bronx.

Answer 7

Unfortunately someone will pick A-Fraud up, but I can't see anyone why anyone would be willing to trade anything of value for the most over-rated player in the game today. In all 3 of his stops so far (Seattle/Texas/NewYork) he has choked when his input counts & coasted when it doesn't. So should they? Why not? Who won't play better than A-Fraud when it counts? They could stick some bum from under the GWasghington bridge at 3rd and not do any worse. And to all the responses who are going to point at his glorious stats, here's one for you:

Career postseason BA - .280.

Postseason BA for the past 3 years -
2004 - .258
2005 - .133
2006 - .071

.071? For $25M/year?

Answer 8

Yes they should, he absolutely sucks when it comes to the post-season! Since the Yanks go t him, he hasn't hit over .150 and he only has I think 5 or 6 RBI's. Is he really worth all that money per year, I think not, nobody is.

A-Rod is an overexposed, overrated and overpaid player who cares too much about his ego. He should go somewhere where he would be more appreciated. To me he'd be a good trade for a bag of used baseballs. Put a fork in his post-season man, he's done!!

Answer 9

They may, but he will have a great year next year. This year wasn't as bad a NY fans make it out to be. He still hit well, hit a good number of home runs, and drove in more runs than most players in the league. They would be crazy to trade him!!

Chow!!

Answer 10

Hell yes. It would be better for both of them. Arod's a great player, but I don't think moving to third base was a good decision for him. He's a natural shortstop and that's where he needs to be playing.

I know he wanted to win a ring at all costs--and I respect that--but he should have never agreed to change position. It's had a negative impact on his career imo.