MLB Off-Season moves and discussion

Necro

I think they are paying way too much holy shit. 15 Mill a year? Harsh

Danny Diamond

Founder/Admin

Not to mention the fact that he is 37 already. They are apparently bidding against themselves.

I see A-Rod now going to the Red Sox and Santana and Lowell to the Yankees more and more each day.

Blitzkrieg

What makes you say that?

The Yanks have been clear about not wanting to part ways with the young pitchers and from what I've read the Twins are also interested in Cano. Bollocks.

Suntan Superman

WC's Resident Samoan

The New York Yankees have been discussing a deal with their former All-Star third baseman Alex Rodriguez -- but the team says a deal can only move forward if his agent, Scott Boras, is not part of the talks, the New York Daily News reported Wednesday.

According to the report, a high-ranking Yankees source said the team is willing to bring back A-Rod on a below-market contract that would make up for the $21 million subsidy from the Texas Rangers that the Yankees lost when A-Rod opted out of the final three years of his contract -- despite team comments indicating he had burned his bridges by opting out.But any such deal can't take place with Boras at the table, a Yankee source said, according to the report.


"We will not negotiate with Scott Boras," the source told the Daily News. "He cannot be in the room."


Boras, regarded in some circles as the most powerful man in baseball, has been A-Rod's agent since he was a teenager.


The Daily News also reported that Rodriguez recently approached the Yankees about a return through a third party, and that the team wanted person-to-person talks between A-Rod and Hal and Hank Steinbrenner.
The New York Post said Hal Steinbrenner was non-committal when asked Tuesday if A-Rod's return was possible.


"Whether something did happen or not, I am not going to comment on that situation," he said, according to the Post.


Rodriguez opted out of the final three years and $81 million of his contract on Oct. 28. The Yankees, had earlier pledged they would not deal with him as a free agent if he opted out and made good on their word, with Hal Steinbrenner saying "I don't want anybody on my team that doesn't want to be a Yankee."


Later, it was reported Boras had set a minimum salary floor of $350 million for the team to start talking with its former All-Star third baseman.

The road I walk is paved in gold
To glorify my platinum soul
I am the closest thing to God
So worship me and never stop.
The selfish blood runs through my veins
I gave up everything for fame
I am the life that you adore
I feed the rich and fuck the poor.
This is entertainment
Lives are entertainment
You are down on your knees
Begging me for more.

Blitzkrieg

I must say.. I'm surprised A-Rod has supposedly kicked Boras to the curb and gone through these negotiations himself.

Dr. Giganto

sigh...I just want this whole fucking A-Rod saga to be done with already.

But, I would like to congratulate him on costing himself $20 million in salary just so that he could overshadow the World Series...well done Alex!!!

Slimdust

Texas looking for apology from Rogers before deal is negotiated

If Kenny Rogers is going to join the Texas Rangers for the fourth time in his career, it appears that he's going to have to say two very important words: I'm sorry.

Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks said Wednesday that under "certain circumstances," he would sign Rogers.

He made it clear the some degree of a public apology would be required for the way the pitcher's last tour with the Rangers ended in 2005.

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I hope they get him though, with rogers and millwood its a pretty good rotation.

Dr. Giganto

How did it end in 2005?

Slimdust

remember him pushing two camera men? And also a civil suit thing was filed after the 05 season.

Dr. Giganto

oh yeah...i actually forgot he was with the Rangers for that...I thought it was while he was on the Tigers...