August 2008 Survey Question #3

11 Responses to “August 2008 Survey Question #3”

1. Steve Lombardi on August 7th, 2008 10:17 pm

   Me? If the Yankees are smart, I think you try and find a way to trade him after the 2011 or 2012 seasons…as you really don’t want to keep him beyond age 36…and after he breaks Bonds’ record. (This assumes that he breaks the record.)

   It’s going to require eating a lot of his salary - maybe as much as $80 million of it. But, in the long run, it could be money well spent.

   The key will be finding a team that wants him at that stage…and getting Alex to approve of the deal.

   But, there’s no way you want Alex on the Yankees come 2012…and through 2017. By that time, he’ll be a .260-hitting 1B/DH type with homerun power stopping in the range of the high-20’s for a season. Basically, he’ll be a RH’ed Giambi without the batting eye.

2. ESB on August 7th, 2008 10:36 pm

   Another hack job on a good Yankee. I have read this blog for a long time, and I find it hard to believe that, with all the negativity and flat-out ignorance, that you are considered a good blogger — or at least good by SNY’s standards — and a Yankee fan. What a joke.

3. Steve Lombardi on August 7th, 2008 11:19 pm

   ~~Another hack job on a good Yankee. ~~

   Enlighten me. How is this question a hack job?

4. DJ21996 on August 7th, 2008 11:32 pm

   You are a strange man, Steve. You keep Alex around for aslong as he is still performing like himself.

   Get used to Alex being a Yankee for the next 10 years.

5. DJ21996 on August 7th, 2008 11:35 pm

   Frank Robinson had an OPS+ of 153 as a 39 year old.

   Jim Thome has an OPS+ above 130 as a 38 year old.

   Alex will do that and then some!!!!

6. Steve Lombardi on August 7th, 2008 11:59 pm

   ~~Frank Robinson had an OPS+ of 153 as a 39 year old.~~

   LOL. Yes, sure he did. He also only played 49 games that season. But, he wasn’t paid $20 million that season too.

7. AndrewYF on August 8th, 2008 9:38 am

   Alex is one of the greatest talents ever to play the game. He has also been one of the healthiest players in the game for his career, much healthier than Griffey Jr. ever was, even before he got really hurt. I think you’ll be surprised at how long he lasts…HOFer career arcs tend not to fall off the cliff. The Yankees signed him for 10 years because they want him around for 10 years. He will probably still be hitting 40 homeruns by age 36, and he will probably still be very healthy. Remember too that Alex is one of the most hard-working, conditioned players there is. If Manny can do it, why not A-Rod?

8. Steve Lombardi on August 8th, 2008 9:43 am

   It’s not age 36 that concerns me…it’s the last 3 years of the contract, and A-Rod’s age then, that I think is a train wreck waiting to happen.

   So, always better to trade a guy a year too soon…than a year too late.

9. DJ21996 on August 8th, 2008 12:25 pm

   Plus, by the last few years of the contract. He will be known as the greatest Yankee of all time.

   Nobody will be dumb enough to trade someone with that title.

   Get used to watching him for a long time.

10. Steve Lombardi on August 8th, 2008 1:12 pm

    Well, FWIW, at this point in time, 24% of the people who answered the survey don’t think that he’ll be with the Yankees beyond 5 years from now.

    So, there’s an element out there that sees him movin’ along relatively soon.

11. DJ21996 on August 8th, 2008 3:02 pm

    They are the element that judge players on a game by game basis.

    Do this poll again when he go’s through a hot streak and not when he is currently in a very ugly slump.

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