I guess if anyone is worth 30million/year, it's him. I even heard part owner of the Yankees as well. No other team besides the Yankees could possibly sign him for that much money!
2007-07-12 16:08:00 · 17 answers · asked by trer 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
First off, I am an A-Rod fan. That being said, he is not worth $25M per season, let alone $30M per season. Let's look at the issue from 2 perspectives: Baseball sense & Business sense.
BASEBALL PERSPECTIVE:
Alex in Texas - (1998-2000) The 3 years prior to A-Rod joining the Rangers averaged 83 Wins per year.
(2001-2003) The 3 years Alex played in Texas the Rangers averaged 72 Wins per year.
(2004-2006) The 3 years after Alex left, the Rangers averaged 85 Wins per year.
Alex in New York - (2001-2003) 100 wins per year
(2004-2006) 98 wins per year
Alex does not guarantee more victories for a team.
The Rangers averaged 58 more runs per season before they signed Alex and are averaging the same number of runs since he went to New York.
The Yankees are averaging 45 more runs per season since A-Rod joined them (compared to the 3 previous seasons w/o him), but that is scewed by the 930 runs scored in 2006.
So run production is negligable with or without A-Rod.
BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE:
Attendance dipped by an average of 336,500 per season for the 3 years A-Rod was in Texas (compared to prior 3 years).
Attendance is up 50,000 per season since he left.
Attendance is up at Yankee Stadium by an average of 639,250 per season since A-Rod arrived. It jumped 300,000 in 2004, 315,000 in 2005 and 158,000 in 2006. How much of that increase is attributed to A-Rod? Assuming 75% is due to A-Rod wearing pin stripes, he is drawing an additional 479,500 fans per season. What that means is the Yankees would have to have an average ticket price of $52 to cover the cost of A-Rod's contract (at $25M).
To pay him more, ticket prices would have to increase or he would have to be able to draw an additional 96,000 fans per season.
To me it does not make sense to sign him for such a large contract.
2007-07-12 18:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by dob367 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alex Rodriguez is worth the money. look at ichiro getting $20 mil for a singles hitter. travis hafner getting $14 mil. hafner is batting .260 in a poor blue collar city. Alex Rodriguez draws fans to yankee stadium and any away ballpark the yanks play at. he is arguable the best baseball player ever. if he stays healthy he will break bonds' homerun record. not only does he hit homeruns, but he hits for average and plays defense. he is the best player in baseball so he should be paid so.
2007-07-12 17:42:18 · answer #2 · answered by hastrosr1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's sound like Scott Boras is planting the seeds to the biggest contract in Yankee history by tipping off Media outlets on how much he thinks A-Rod is worth.
2007-07-12 16:34:54 · answer #3 · answered by Pat W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hes not worth it, no one is but has going to get it just because hes a-rod and hes going to get it form one of three teams, the yankees the angles or the red sox, other then them no one else wold take the contract and all the baggage that goes with him...on a side note, what do the players realy have to pay for, meals and travel(flights hotels) are paid for by the team, and anything else they need they just flash a smile and its theirs, they have to pay for a house and a car, do they really need more then a million?
2007-07-12 16:14:15 · answer #4 · answered by friend of a friend 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are worth what someone is willing to pay. Therefore, he might just be worth $30 million per year. I would think the bidding won't go quite that high, but I could be wrong.
2007-07-12 16:37:02 · answer #5 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no athlete worth that much money. I love baseball and football but how about athletes send some of that money to real working people such as teachers, police and fire men/women/.
2007-07-12 16:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by deadhead (Who Dat Nation) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELL NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tell me has he ever had a playoff game with the Yankees in which he single handly won the game or turned the complexion of the game?
look at all those padded HRs he hit while in Texas & Seattle.
2007-07-12 16:11:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
why does everyone worry about what a-rod does, just go on with your lives all it comes down to is if "the boss", george steinbrenner is happy, and he wont be because the yankees arent going to the playoffs thus they are not going to win a championship, but then again he does have alzheimers, maybe arod should juice him for more money.(?)
2007-07-12 16:23:07 · answer #8 · answered by elias 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a.) High School Teacher (10 yrs. exp.) --- about $45,000 a year + benefits
b.) Full Time Nurse (10 yrs. exp.) --- about $52,000 a year + benefits
c.) Baseball Player --- $100,000's to $1,000,000's a year
Guess who's overpaid and underpaid? See something wrong here? I do.
2007-07-12 16:29:13 · answer #9 · answered by Kevin A 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A-rod is an fool. First steroids now this. merely messes up his photograph as a baseball participant and person. i won't be able to have faith i exploit to love him this variety of super baseball participant yet after listening to approximately his steroids use yuck.
2016-10-01 12:12:12 · answer #10 · answered by fawaka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋