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