The guy opts out of a contract so lucrative that 7 years after he signed it he is still making 50% more than anybody else in baseball because he wants even MORE money.
People always blame the Yankees for driving up player salaries. Will these same people give the Yanks some credit if they stay to their word and don't negotiate with Arod?
2007-10-31 06:44:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
If you think Arod is not leaving for more money, then you have swallowed Scott Boras' Kool-aide
2007-10-31 06:58:45 · update #1
Blueeyenj, Arod was scheduled to make $91 million over the next three years of his contract.
I think the next highest contract is Manny Ramirez for $20 million.
2007-10-31 09:34:27 · update #2
As for the Yankees not being able to "give" Arod a championship, I believe they have been in the playoffs for 13 consecutive seasons. There has never been a team better in position to "give" a player a championship than the Yankees team that Arod is leaving.
I will also note that the Yankees appeared in 6 of 8 World Series before Arod and 0 of 4 with him. Who is failing to give what to whom?
2007-10-31 09:40:58 · update #3
Gulp........Gulp............Gulp........I'm swallowing that Kool-Aide because as much as the money is a part of it A-Rod wants a ring and from my take he doesn't think he'll get it with the Yankees...........A-Rod has no loyality to the Yankees and it's going to be interesting to see where he winds up and with what kind of a deal..........No the people you're speaking of will not give the Yankees credit........For myself I'll never understand what their problem is.........If I want a dozen mink coats (which I don't) and I have the money I'll go out and buy them and they'll be the best money can buy as money would be no object...........The Yanks want a winning team so they spend the bucks.........So does Boston...........What's wrong with that???..........I can't see a darn thing wrong with it........Many players are home grown as well and that's never mentioned........I guess those people you speak of just need something to bellyache about..........CAT
2007-10-31 07:18:54 · answer #1 · answered by Sandi 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The casual fan doesn't realize that the Rangers were still paying approximately $14M (which included part of the luxury tax to the Yankees) a year on that contract while the Yankees owned the rights to A-Rod. I suppose the fact that the Yankees are so envied by the rest of baseball it only makes sense to blame them for driving up the cost of ball players.
In four years A-Rod will have won 2 MVP's but the fact that he disappeared in the playoffs, will forever be his New York Legacy.
I'm not convinced that the new Yankee management has made the right moves, certainly when it came to Torre but I have no problem letting A-Rod go. The money will be better spent on pitching and of course a new 3rd baseman.
Credit may be to generous a word. Calculated risk might be better! lol
2007-10-31 06:54:49 · answer #2 · answered by The Mick 7 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Let's be clear. No one ever blamed the Yankees for driving up player's salaries because of A-Rod. However, it's silly for anyone to claim the Yankees aren't among the biggest culprits responsible for the spike in salaries. For goodness sakes, they paid Clemens $20 million for 4 months! And that's just one example.
Additionally, it's blatantly false that A-Rod makes 50% more than any other player. Jeter, for instance, makes $20 million a year. A-Rod makes $25 million. That's not a 50% difference. It's not even close. Exaggerating facts to prove a point only undermines your argument.
No one knows for sure, but it's been rumored the Yankees offered A-Rod an extension that would pay him in the neighborhood of $30 million a year. The reason they claim they will not get involved in a bidding war is because, as someone has already pointed out, the Rangers are currently paying a good portion of his salary. When A-Rod opted out, the Yankees lost that cushion. Frankly, I hope they stick to their guns. It would be a nice change of pace for them.
2007-10-31 08:51:51 · answer #3 · answered by blueyeznj 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lets not forget arod was willing to take a pay cut to play with the red sox,the players a s s.said no,thats when he went to the yankees.
2007-10-31 10:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by Tribe of benjamin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Arod is not looking for MORE money. He's looking to go to a new team because of all the fuss going on with Torre and Rivera and Posada and Pettite. Read the article on ESPN about it. His decision to leave was largely based on what they were going to do or not do.
And the Yankees definately should not try to negotiate with him because they already had the best deal in baseball with him, they shouldn't have to do anymore for him.
All that being said, Arod would be one of my first pics to be on my team if I had one. He's an amazing player regardless of what people say about him personally.
2007-10-31 06:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by mrmanseven 3 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I agree that it's money, that being said arod wants a championship and i believe that the yankees inability to give him that has contributed greatly to his choice.
2007-10-31 07:13:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
are you kidding Yankees fans are so critical, and have such a skewed view on baseball. Yes it's a business, but they have unrealistic expectations, and that is passed on to the Yankees fans.
I kind of feel sorry for them because they have they think they are so great and are so paranoid about everyone not liking them, when the way they act and their team acts is the reason why nobody likes them.
2007-10-31 07:00:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yankees haters are going to be critical of the Yankees no mater what they do. Haters never give credit for anything they just look for something else to criticize.
2007-10-31 06:57:29 · answer #8 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
It think its strategy, to pass him off onto Boston and mess with the clean machine the Bosox now have. He does have a bit of a rep of being a diva. We just got rid of all that. And it worked this year. Jinx jinx!
2007-10-31 07:19:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No chance, a hater is a hater. Remember when the red sox were going to get A-rod? No one was hating on the red sox, but as soon as he goes to the yankees...boo hoo on arod and the yankees. Oh lets not forget that red sox fans were excited to get him and then turned their back on him as soon as he went to the yankees. Very similar to the J Damon deal.
2007-10-31 06:49:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋