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yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
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Boras stated he wants 10 years for his man at a price of 350 million. That was the offer to the Yanks. Now he is saying he wants a 12 year contract.

Here's a poll...regardless of WHAT team signs him, what are your thoughts on the basic terms of the contract????

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  • bri2327bri2327 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭
    I didnt vote Barry, mainly because I just wish every team would tell Arod and Borat to go to hell.

    Maybe some Japanese team will offer to make him part owner, pay him $50 million a year, and give him all the free sushi and Geisha girls he wants.

    That way he can hit 100 HR's a year and never have to worry about pressure or winning a world series.
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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    I agree Bri...I hope they all tell him to hit the road with his "desires"
  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725 ✭
    Money = too much, but if someone wants to pay it, go for it.
    Length = giving 10 or 12 years of guaranteed money to someone already in their 30s is absolutely insane and any team willing to do so should do so with the expectation that he'll be an albatross towards the end of the contract. Demanding this many years at that price also cuts the market in half. No NL team is going to take on a $35 million/year player that might not be a great fielder down the line.
  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    Is this contract demand a joke? I thought Rodriguez was just concerned about whether Pettite, Posada, and Rivera were going to be back or not. I thought he wanted to wait and see what happens to those three and then if all is well, just take what the Yankees offered him initially minus the money the Yankees lose from Texas. However, the way things turned out, Rodriguez is looking like a big joke. If he had any sense, he would publicly fire Scott Boras. Is this the image A-Rod likes to emanate?

    I wish every MLB team tells this duo to shove it where the sun don't shine.
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  • mercurynutmercurynut Posts: 3,207
    I have no idea where the money may land but I think it will be a 6-8 year deal with club options.
  • ArnyVeeArnyVee Posts: 4,245 ✭✭
    I'm guessing that he'll end up with a 5 or 6 year contract with club/player options in the 5th and 6th year. I would start the deal at $20 (w/$10 signing bonus) and then escalation clauses with about $5 bump in salary each year.....ONLY....IF....he outperforms the previous year's statistics and/or team or player goals. Something like that.
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  • 80sToyguy80sToyguy Posts: 383
    I think he's going to end up with a 7 year, 28-30 mil a year contract from the Angels, as that will be the best deal on the table (perhaps front-loaded like 33 mil the first 2 years and about 10 mil in bonuses). I believe Theo would sign him, but only upwards of around what he was already making (25 mil), and not for more than perhaps 5 or 6 years.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I think he is in for a rude awakening.

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  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    i could go for the geisha girls, can go without the sushi though ,ugh
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    Wow, reading responses of fans on Yahoo!, Sox fans seem very against ARod going there. They want Mike Lowell back. You have to admire the Sox fans for their loyalties for those who have done them right.

    This years GM meetings are going to be interesting. I think and I HOPE that in the end, ARod and Boras are going to be VERY sorry they didnt listen to the Yankees proposal.

    My feeling is that the ONLY way that ARod could redeem himself if he wanted to ever be considered a Yankee is to publicly FIRE Scott Boras and negotiate his own contract.

    I think this new "rumor" about ARod playing for the Red Sox as his #1 choice is a way to force the Yanks back in the mix. Either so he can go back to NY or to drive up his price. Sure, every team is interested in ARod but not at what they are asking.

    I hope ARod is crying in his pillow every night.
  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He will "settle" for 8 years, $220 million, somewhat back end loaded, with two option years tacked on the end. Angels or Cubs.
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  • coincollector2007coincollector2007 Posts: 109
    how greedy can you be?

    What a slob this guy is
  • 80sToyguy80sToyguy Posts: 383
    I know Lowell's name keeps being brought up to re-sign with the Sox, but at anything more than say 7 mil or more than 3 years, that is just money in the toilet. Go back on this guys career the last 5 seasons and you just don't want to be giving this guy any cash. I realize he had a great year last year, but Sox fans are smart enough to know this guy could turn out to be a horrible albatross around their necks.
    I realize there are leadership abilities he has (sort of like a Varitek), but you can't pay 10 mil plus for leadership and good defense. A-Rod is an ENORMOUS step up from Lowell and I'm sure Epstein realizes this. Believe me, if he gets 12 mil per, 2 years from now Red Sox fans sure aren't going to be chanting his name any longer, that would be disasterous for their organization, I still belive this guy to be in a steady decline who just happened to have the big free agent year (like many do).
    I still think the Angels are where he will end up (Pay-Rod), but the Sox have to be up there at least in the top 3 teams.
    Jay
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