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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

~~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.

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!!!!

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.

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

Enlighten me. How is this question a hack job?