Good move by Yanks

This was the latest Yankees news that dominated mlb headlines going into game 4 of the World Series.

A-Rod opts out of contract.

What a surprise.

In theory, A-Rod opted out months ago when he openly admitted that he would probably opt out at the end of the season.

But, A-Rod had to make a quick decision, because he needed to start negotiating as soon as possible.

Why wait until 10 days after the end of the World Series, when you get to smooze with the Angels, Cubs, Giants, and team blank for 300+++ million dollars.

The Yankees knows what A-Rod's real value is and simply don't want to pay him.

They totally pulled a Joe Torre "insult" offer for A-Rod. 5 years at or around 30 million per?

Are you kidding me?

It's going to take a mega 8+ year extension from the Yanks to keep him out of free agency.

If they really wanted him, they would have opened up their checkbook, and gave him 240/ 8 year to start, with 20 million more in bonuses.

It wouldn't really surprise me to see team blank give A-Rod 300 milllion/ 10 years. If there are 52 million on the table just to talk to Dice-K, then there's gotta be 300 million over the life of a 10 year contract.

We're talking about a guy that is projected to hit around 750 career homers if he stays healthy and plays another 1500 games over the next 10 years.

Ultimately, it was a great move by the Yankees.

Why give A-Rod 30 million per year, when he has brought a total of zero championships in his career? Look at Manny for example. His resume is awesome. 2 Championships, 4 WS appearances, and god knows how many more ALCS.

What about A-Rod? 0 WS, 3 ALCS.

In retrospect, both deals for A-Rod and Manny were ridiculous. 20 million per for Manny is pretty expensive. This guy is a nut job. Kinda like Dennis Rodman in his on the field antics, but at least Manny does not do the crazy stuff off the field. I like to believe Manny is not on the juice and is this super hitting machine. The best right hander hitter I've ever seen in my life. Juiced or no juice.

A-Rod? Pretty good hitter. He is not on the same level as Manny's, but A-Rod's defensive value is way way way higher. So does that justify the extra 5 milion per year for A-Rod? Not really.

Althugh speaking of value, what happens to the Red Sox when Manny's deal runs out after 2008? I say they do a 4 or 5 year extension, starting at 20 million per year.

Even though chances are Manny cannot continue to hit like he did in the post season, it's hard to not re-sign a guy that is simply irreplaceable. How many more bad J.D. Drew contract's can they add on?

People were celebrating when they called his game 6 grand slam, the 14 million grand slam. I looked at it like the 75 million grand slam because there's almost no way Drew is going to be any good during his next 4 years in Boston.