Yanks about to offer A-Rod record deal?

[Sammy Sofa]

I have felt all along that this is was all a ploy to get more cash out of the Yankees. The talk of 30+ million a year, potential partial ownership of the Cubs are all typical Boras crap.

 

Yeah, part of me wonders if Boras just wants to see if he can get the $30 million per he's been hyping up, since the Yanks are likely the only team to pay that much. If the Yanks bite, he stays, if not, even if it's for something like $27 million, I wouldn't be surprised to still see him opt out.

[badnews]

The Yankees' offense is not awesome without A-Rod, I think.

 

Furthermore, why do people keep saying $30 million buys you 2-4 good players? It doesn't. Ichiro is a $20 million player, Torii Hunter, who is way overrated, is going to be a $15-16 million player, stiffs like Matt Morris and Miguel Batista are $9 million a year pitchers, Carlos Silva could make $12 million this year, ugh. $30 million does not buy as much as people keep pretending it does, unless you're buying out the arbitration years and extending one of your home grown players in a discount (which the Cubs don't have to worry about, they never have home grown players).

[abuck1220]

the Yankees would not have made the playoffs with A-Rod this year. He's the best hitter in baseball. Derek Jeter hit worse in the playoffs. Should I keep going?

 

It's possible the Yankees might not have made the playoffs without A-Rod this year. However, 7 other teams did make the playoffs without A-Rod.

 

It doesn't require that you have a 30m player on your roster to make the playoffs.

 

If the Yankees lost A-Rod this offseason, and they went out and spent 30m on pitching (and not just part time players like Clemens), I think they could get back to the playoffs without A-Rod.

 

this is a valid point my man...

 

yeah, the more i think about it...i just hope we keep building without a-rod...way too much money that we could be spending else where

 

a-rod is not single-handedly going to bring up a trophy

 

Even without A-Rod, the Yankees offense is awesome. Let him walk and spend that money on pitching like BBB said.

 

Pitching was the Yanks achillies heel this year, not hitting.

 

yeah, because johan santana, jake peavy and 1967 bob gibson are all free agents this winter.

 

i'd rather pay $30 mil for arod than $30 mil on the equivalents of jaret wright and carl pavano just so you can say you "spent it on pitching."

[Derwood]

i'm guessing we ought to lock this up, eh?