AROD agrees to outline of deal

by boomer1 on Nov 15, 2007 6:11 PM CST

10 years $270M w/Options worth many more million. Per Buster Olney Boras knows how to keep his player in the spotlight with the Bonds situation going down. lol

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by Agreen07 on Nov 15, 2007 7:07 PM CST reply actions

Seems to me that Boras and ARod may have underestimated the market for him. He easily could have had this kind of money and bonuses with an extension. Why else would Boras have not allowed the market to play out?

by Randy Richardson on Nov 15, 2007 7:15 PM CST reply actions

I wonder

Since Boras/Arod "forced" Hicks to make the trade and Hicks so willingly complied, I just wonder if there wasn't an agreement at the time that the opt-out would be exercised when it came up.

Boras always likes his players on the open market anyhow, and so it wouldn't really be a concession for him to make such a promise to Hicks, who was so compliant in getting ARod out of town when he wanted.

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by tricer on Nov 15, 2007 9:27 PM CST up reply actions

I really do wonder...

if A-Rod and Boras are playing "good cop, bad cop" with the Steinbrenners to get this done after they realized no one else would throw that much $$ at A-Rod.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Nov 15, 2007 7:21 PM CST reply actions

Bingo

What was the Yanks first offer?

8 yrs/230 mil.

What did he sign for?

by LBrooks on Nov 16, 2007 3:05 PM CST up reply actions

I was wrong

I predicted 400 million. Apparantly it wasn't out there. I guess he's too old. At least there is tiny sanity in the FA market, I guess.

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by Sharky on Nov 15, 2007 7:39 PM CST reply actions

Link

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3112799

by hightowersmith on Nov 15, 2007 7:49 PM CST reply actions

told you so

he'd never get $350 mil

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 15, 2007 9:56 PM CST reply actions

Genius

Let's look at the numbers:

When Arod was 25 yrs old he got 252 mil for 10 years, iow, thru age 35.

After 7 years he opts out, and ends up going another 10 yrs. for the largest contract in sports history (eclipsing his own) guranteeing him a paycheck of over 26 million dallars when he is 42 years old.

I find it mind boggling how the burgeouis sports talking heads are all attacking Boras for being shown up.

Christ, the guy just signed his client to a record contract.

What more would a guy want?

p.s. Hell, Boras could have come out and said Arod wanted a BILLION for 10 yrs., and considering the result he got, still considered it a success.

by LBrooks on Nov 17, 2007 8:42 AM CST reply actions

I am

waiting for the National Media to start harping on how the Georgy Porgy's spawn are ruining baseball with that contract.

Think about, it is the same number of years as the Hicks/Arod deal and 45 MILLION more dollars and he is 8 years older!!! Won't he be 42 when this contract ends?

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by kwellborn on Nov 17, 2007 9:17 PM CST reply actions

National Media

Is praising Junior Steinbrenner for his face-off with Boras concerning this contract. Like he was the winner. I have to laugh. To me, the Yanks just did what TommyBoy did....they bid against themselves.

by LBrooks on Nov 18, 2007 10:36 AM CST reply actions