ARod to opt out of contract

[jacksonianmarch]

f***!

 

A-Rod to opt out of contract

 

Agent Boras notifies Yankees of free-agent intentions

Posted: Sunday October 28, 2007 10:14PM; Updated: Sunday October 28, 2007 10:12PM

By Jon Heyman, SI.com

 

DENVER -- Alex Rodriguez notified the Yankees Sunday that he's opting out of his record $252 million contract, SI.com has learned.

 

Rodriguez's decision means he will become a free agent and be able to negotiate with all clubs. Rodriguez's bombshell move will shake up the entire winter for the Yankees -- who had hoped to retain him with a big extension -- as well as other big-market clubs that will now pursue him.

 

Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras said he sent word of the opt-out in writing Sunday and left phone and text messages for Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. The Yankees have said that once A-Rod opts out, they wil not pursue him, since they will lose the benefit of the Texas Rangers' $30-million subsidy.

 

"Alex made the decision today,'' Boras said. "I thought we should notify the club.''

 

The Yankees were preparing an extension to his current contract for either five or six years, believed to be for close to $30 million annually. However, team officials said Boras has politely declined to meet with them in recent days, and they never presented the offer.

 

Rodriguez technically had until 10 days after the World Series ended to exercise his opt-out rights, which were provided in his $252 million Texas deal. However, Boras said Rodriguez felt there was no way he could make a decision to stay in that short a period of time since several situations remain unsettled, including those of Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

Can I change my name now please?

[jacksonianmarch]

I think we have our answer. I dont think ARod wants to be in NY. No amount of money could keep him here. f*** him then. He finally got accepted and we finally started to place the blame where it belonged (Jeter recently, Torre, management, etc instead of ARod). But now, f*** this guy. He is dead to me. Offer him arbitration, get the two picks and sign someone new. f*** him.

[Cocos Disciples]

I think he'll sign with the Yankees, it'll just cost them a shitload more.

[a700hitter]

If this report is accurate, it is pretty funny. Yankee fans just keep getting kicked in the Balls.

[jacksonianmarch]

can tonight get any worse?

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

He is dead to me. Offer him arbitration' date=' get the two picks and sign someone new. f*** him.[/quote']

 

agreed

[a700hitter]

I think he'll sign with the Yankees' date=' it'll just cost them a shitload more.[/quote']

Cashman would look like an ass after drawing his line in the sand.

[jacksonianmarch]

Cashman would look like an ass after drawing his line in the sand.

 

I dont want the bastard back. Consider this.

 

He is the highest paid player in baseball history.

He had 3 yrs left on that deal.

He was offered 5 more yrs on top of that at 30 mil a season.

 

And he WOULDNT EVEN MEET WITH THEM TO HEAR THE f***ING OFFER. f*** HIM.

 

GTFO ARod, you were a f***ing curse. I hope you go to Boston and infect them. *******.

[Cocos Disciples]

Lol curse.

[jacksonianmarch]

I would rather rebuild than have this jerk back on the team. f*** HIM!

 

Watch, he'll end up coming back and I will have to see his s*** eating grin back in pinstripes. He finally started winning us over, and NOW he has lost all of that and more.

[BoSox21]

could be a great night for Sox fans for another reason too now...

[jacksonianmarch]

you dont need him. Lowell has been everything you could have asked for and more. He reminds me of Brosius, except better.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

Hes a piece of garbage. He smiled at the cameras all season long saying how much he loved it here and how much he wanted to be here but in the end he flat out lied. Its one thing if you just leave because of the money etc but dont tell me you cant make a decision because the futures of Posada, Rivera and Pettitte are undecided. Thats just ********. Good luck to the next team that signs this phoney piece of s***.

[jacksonianmarch]

Boras confirmed it on ESPN. He said that he didnt want to lock himself in without knowing who the catcher, closer and #2 pitcher would be. Does he know that he was on the Yankees? You know, the team that pays its players? Not Seattle or Texas? What a f***ing *******. We all know he opted out because he hated NY. f*** him. He should get a shower of debris the next time he comes to NY.

[jacksonianmarch]

Hes a piece of garbage. He smiled at the cameras all season long saying how much he loved it here and how much he wanted to be here but in the end he flat out lied. Its one thing if you just leave because of the money etc but dont tell me you cant make a decision because the futures of Posada' date=' Rivera and Pettitte are undecided. Thats just ********. Good luck to the next team that signs this phoney piece of s***.[/quote']

 

And it better not be us. 30 mil saved is 30 mil earned. f***, put it into the draft this yr.

[Cocos Disciples]

you dont need him. Lowell has been everything you could have asked for and more. He reminds me of Brosius' date=' except better.[/quote']

 

Much better than Brosius.

[jacksonianmarch]

http://confessionalpoet.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/arodisawittlescaredgirl_1.jpg

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

And it better not be us. 30 mil saved is 30 mil earned. f***' date=' put it into the draft this yr.[/quote']

 

Yea at this point its about dignity. I'll take the 2 draft picks now and move on. Add some more pieces to the farm. With A-Rod gone you have to wonder should we really lock ourselves into a 2 or 3 year deal with Rivera or a 4 year deal with Posada? These are questions to think about as the days go by.

[Sam Malone]

It must really suck to be a Yankee fan tonight. Imagine if A-Rod in a Red Sox uniform next year?

[Cocos Disciples]

If he does go elsewhere, we can all hate on him and post silly pictures like above in peace and harmony!

[Gom]

Well, hopefully the money will be better spent.

[a700hitter]

Yea at this point its about dignity. I'll take the 2 draft picks now and move on. Add some more pieces to the farm. With A-Rod gone you have to wonder should we really lock ourselves into a 2 or 3 year deal with Rivera or a 4 year deal with Posada? These are questions to think about as the days go by.

Can you say "youth movement" and "third place." I think that is what you will be looking at. It will be even funnier if he takes less money than the Yankees were thinking of offering. He hated Ny, the fickle fans that booed him, the petty Captain, the Captain's bootlicking Manager, the steroid bloated first baseman that had the nerve to call him out after sweeping the Red Sox in 2006. Good for him. He stuck it right up their arrogant asses.

[kyahbean]

I think he's smart to opt out. I'm guessing he is going to have one of that largest contracts in the history of baseball. The immediate future of the Yankees isn't too positive...I think in his shoes I'd see what else was out there. The guy wants a WS ring...and I don't think he's gonna get one in the next few years if the Yanks lose any more of their players that are free agents after this year.

 

I'm incredibly intrigued to see what's going to happen. s***, I'd be stoked should the Sox sign him. No doubt. I don't think we really *need* him...but it'd be interesting to see how unstoppable the Sox would be in the next few years should that deal go down....

[ARod2212]

f*** him. I'm so pissed off it's ridiculous.

 

In Miguel Cabrera we trust.

[jacksonianmarch]

Yea at this point its about dignity. I'll take the 2 draft picks now and move on. Add some more pieces to the farm. With A-Rod gone you have to wonder should we really lock ourselves into a 2 or 3 year deal with Rivera or a 4 year deal with Posada? These are questions to think about as the days go by.

 

Now is the right time to rebuild. The Yankee team, even with the rookies, would rely a whole lot on its offense in 2008. Without ARod, we go from a great offense to a good offense. And a good offense wont be able to sustain the inconsistencies we will face in our rotation. No rookie has an unscathed first full season. Even a guy like Verlander hit some bumps in the road. The only way we could contribute next yr would have been to bash our way through the regular season and see how the kids develop towards the end. If Joba becomes the lights out ace by the end of the yr, then he starts the playoffs, etc. But there will be bad starts, injuries, fatigue, etc with 2-3 rookies in the rotation. Nothing is a given and there will be huge variance from start to start. Like I said, we would have had a chance in the postseason should one of them emerge as a reliable starter come the postseason, but we now dont have the luxury to wait for that with our offense leading the way. It should be official now. Close out all negotiations. Let them all go. Watch the kids develop, draft hugely and see how we fare. Then go balls out for Santana in negotiations, fill what needs to be filled and move on. This is a unique opportunity for us. We should take it.

[a700hitter]

f*** him. I'm so pissed off it's ridiculous.

 

In Miguel Cabrera we trust.

You got nothing to get him with. Plus, he's a huge dog. he makes Manny seem like Charlie Hustle.

[Gom]

Can you say "youth movement" and "third place." I think that is what you will be looking at. It will be even funnier if he takes less money than the Yankees were thinking of offering. He hated Ny' date=' the fickle fans that booed him, the petty Captain, the Captain's bootlicking Manager, the steroid bloated first baseman that had the nerve to call him out after sweeping the Red Sox in 2006. Good for him. He stuck it right up their arrogant asses.[/quote']

He signs with the Red Sox, fine. He signs with the Angels, fine. I hope he ends up in LA or SF, where he will most likely miss the playoffs more often than he makes it.

 

I can't fault him for his choices, but the chances that he gets a better chance at that ring has dropped a shitload.

[Sam Malone]

Sign Lowell and A-Rod and trade Lugo and Crisp.

[kyahbean]

I'm picturing this as the infield:

 

Lowell, Arod, Pedroia, Youk.

 

Woah.