May 2009 Survey Question #1
Posted by Steve L. on May 4th, 2009 · Comments (12)
Please consider taking the following poll:
If you were running the Yankees, and you had the option to void the remainder of Alex Rodriguez' contract with the team, as of today, would you exercise that option and let him become a Free Agent right now?
Thanks in advance. And, please feel free to add comments on your opinion in the comments section below.
Babe Ruth drank during prohibition.
THAT WAS BREAKING THE LAW!
AND HE WOMANIZED TOO!!!!!
Jeez… too bad he was a Yankee.
He has really dirtied our team history.
ARod isn’t quite that bad… but… ya know….
I’d void his contract in order to re-negotiate on more favorable terms to the team. I want A-Rod on the Yanks, he’s their best player by far and the most important hitter in their lineup. The Yanks are better off with A-Rod, thus I’d void the contract and come back with terms that would still compensate him fairly, but for fewer years overall.
Here’s the thing, for me, with the A-Rod contract.
The Yankees gave him 10 years and $$$$ based on his 2007 season and those before it – thinking that, based on that level of performance, that he would be one of those guys who would be a productive batter into his very late 30′s – and maybe more. But, now, we know that A-Rod’s past numbers were helped by PEDs. And, we know now that he has a hip condition that could get worse as he gets older – even with surgery, etc. So, the question is…in two or three years from now, what kind of player will he be? Will he be a $20-30 million player, as the Yankees will be paying him?
Sure, maybe, in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Yankee might see some ROI in the A-Rod contract. But, in the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the Yankees might be getting killed with that contract. So, maybe it makes sense to take a loss for 4 years in order to avoid those 5 years on the back end…if you had the option to void his contract now?
Not saying I agree, but if Cashman was presented with this actual scenario I think he’d void that contract before you could even finish presenting him with the proposal.
In a heartbeat.
totally agreed with raf here. i want a-rod on the team, but only on better terms (primarily in terms of years). if that can’t happen, and the only options are keeping him for all 9 years or voiding the contract now, i’m with steve, i’m voiding. i think whatever you get the next few years is not enough to make up for what an albatross this thing could be on the back end. what makes little sense is why the yankees even did this in the first place. nobody would have come close – like, within 2 years and 50 mil just to get started – to matching the yankees offer (pre home run bonuses). it made no sense to me at the time, and it still makes no sense to me now. we could have kept him at less years and less money.
totally agreed with raf here.
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That Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being you’ve ever known in your life?
BTW, that was MJ
haha goodness, my bad. apologies to both raf and mj. agreed with mj on alex.
I agree with MJ on this one. I would void the contract, but it has very little to do with steroids/pitching tipping/dating transexuals. PEDs only matter to me in the way that Steve noted- does his previous PED use and his (presumably) being clean now have to lower our expectations of his offensive production? I don’t care about the moral issue, only the material issue.
10 years was stupid to begin with, and I cannot wait for someone to write a book about how that negotiation went down. It’s sort of like Al Davis’s pick of Heyward-Bey with the 7th pick in the draft. It’s fine if Al Davis wants Heyward-Bey, but when you could trade down to the 15th pick, acquire an additional 2 draft picks, why do you waste the 7th pick on him? I don’t care that Al Davis wanted Heyward-Bey, it was just plain stupid to go about it the way he did (for the record, I root for the G-men and couldn’t care less about Oakland.)
I just wonder why the Yankees felt it necessary to go so much farther in both years and money. Did Boras spook them into thinking there was another team bidding for A-Rod? Was it just pompous ownership that assumed, no matter what the price, A-Rod would bring in more money than his contract’s price?
I’m waiting for someone’s tell all book….. maybe Selena can get on this.
I’m waiting for someone’s tell all book….. maybe Selena can get on this.
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No thanks. The sooner Selena forgets the name “Alex”, the better for everyone, including her.
I would void if I were Cashman, but only because of how absurd the actual contract is, not based on the type of person/player that Alex is.
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