Yankees Working To Void Alex Rodriguez's Contract

[Spitball]

Yankees Working To Void Alex Rodriguez's Contract

 

By Zach Links [January 29 at 4:17pm CST]

 

The Yankees are exploring multiple avenues to void their contract with Alex Rodriguez, several baseball sources told ESPNNewYork.com's Wallace Matthews and Andrew Marchand. Rodriguez was among several MLB stars who were linked to a PED clinic in Miami, Florida. Even if the charges turn out to be true, however, the Bombers may have little chance of getting out from under his contract.

 

The three-time American League MVP is owed $114MM over the next five seasons. An industry source says the Yankees "are looking at about 20 different things," including whether A-Rod breached the contract by taking medical treatment from an outside doctor without the team's authorization, and the possibility that he may have broken the law by purchasing controlled substances from the clinic.

 

If the Yankees do take action to 86 the remainder of the third baseman's deal, they can't do anything until the MLB investigation is concluded, according to a source. For his part, Rodriguez has issued a statement denying the allegations.

 

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[Palodios]

Every team in baseball is stuck with s***** contracts. But the Yankees think they're special and can void A-rod's?

 

MLB free agency needs to be restructured, but until then they need to follow the rules like everyone else.

[Porcupine penis]

Every team in baseball is stuck with s***** contracts. But the Yankees think they're special and can void A-rod's?

 

MLB free agency needs to be restructured, but until then they need to follow the rules like everyone else.

 

Agreed

[Northern Star]

Every team in baseball is stuck with s***** contracts. But the Yankees think they're special and can void A-rod's?

 

MLB free agency needs to be restructured, but until then they need to follow the rules like everyone else.

 

I agree, unless it said it's void if he takes PED, and I doubt it would. I would be disappointed if they could wriggle off the hook of the rest of that contract.

 

As for A-Rod himself - washed up??

[Whiteandnerdy42]

Not washed up, just found out and old. I mean, he's thirty eight with four years left on his contract; it's kind of the Yankees' fault for signing him to that big of an extension.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Good for them if they can pull it off. I'm not gonna slam a team for exploring every possible (legal) option to get themselves out of a s***** situation.

[Bellhorn04]

Not washed up, just found out and old. I mean, he's thirty eight with four years left on his contract; it's kind of the Yankees' fault for signing him to that big of an extension.

 

Five years left actually.

[Spitball]

And more A-Rod crappola:

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20130129/alex-rodriguez-ped-report-cruz-cabrera-gonzalez.ap/?sct=uk_t2_a3

[Spitball]

Honestly, when Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson, and Thurmon Munson were Yankee jerks, I appreciated my hatred. A-Rod takes it to another level.

[Bellhorn04]

Honestly, when Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson, and Thurmon Munson were Yankee jerks, I appreciated my hatred. A-Rod takes it to another level.

 

The thing that sets A-Rod apart is that so many Yankee fans hate him too.

[Behindenemylines]

As a Sox fan I love what A-Rod brings to the $pankees and at top $$$$$$$. I would be hurt if some how they found a way to void his contract. Best case situation is that he finishes out his contract in the Bronx and makes many of the back page of the Dailey News doing A-Rod s***.

[jacksonianmarch]

They won't void his contract. But they'll try. You know what will be funny? If ARod is villified in NY especially, he comes back in July, lights the world aflame and leads the Yankees deep into the playoffs. It will be interesting to see how he'd be received after all the s*** he's shoveled in our faces over the last few yrs.

[Brennan]

They won't void his contract. But they'll try. You know what will be funny? If ARod is villified in NY especially, he comes back in July, lights the world aflame and leads the Yankees deep into the playoffs. It will be interesting to see how he'd be received after all the s*** he's shoveled in our faces over the last few yrs.

 

 

 

Not very "deep into the playoffs" if you ask me.

[VA Sox Fan]

Not very "deep into the playoffs" if you ask me.

 

LMAO!! And the Fraud has had the nerve to say "I'm fighting for my life" Really?? I don't think he knows what that means. f*** HIM!

[VA Sox Fan]

A-Tool at it again:

 

Alex Rodriguez sues MLBUpdated: October 4, 2013, 11:08 AM ETESPN.com Alex Rodriguez is suing Major League Baseball, accusing the entity of interfering with his contracts and business relationships.

 

Rodriguez, who has been attending grievance hearings related to the 211-game suspension MLB handed down in August, claims in the lawsuit that baseball bought the cooperation of the chief witness against him. The Rodriguez camp alleges that Anthony Bosch, the head of the clinic at the heart of the recent performance-enhancing drug scandal, has been paid $5 million by MLB to help force Rodriguez out of the game, according to the Times.

 

MLB commissioner Bud Selig was named a defendant in the suit, but the New York Yankees, who would stand to save substantial money if Rodriguez were suspended, were not named.

 

 

The lawsuit alleges that Selig and other officials at MLB have had one goal: "to improperly marshal evidence that they hope to use to destroy the reputation and career of Alex Rodriguez, one of the most accomplished major league baseball players of all time."

 

Rodriguez's lawyers argue that the league is trying to make an example of Rodriguez "so as to gloss over Commissioner Selig's past inaction and tacit approval of the use of performance enhancing substances in baseball (not to mention his multiple acts of collusion), and in an attempt to secure his legacy as the 'savior' of America's pastime."

 

Rodriguez issued a statement after word of the lawsuit came out.

 

"The entire legal dynamic is very complex, and my legal team is doing what they need to in order to vindicate me and pursue all of my rights," the statement says. "This matter is entirely separate from the ongoing arbitration proceedings, and for the day to come when I can share my story with the public and my supporters."

 

Selig or MLB were not immediately available for comment.

 

A three-time AL MVP, Rodriguez was suspended Aug. 5 for alleged violations of baseball's drug agreement and labor contract. Because he's a first offender under the drug program and the players' association filed a grievance to force an appeal, a suspension can't start until it is upheld by an arbitrator.

 

The union argues the discipline is without just cause and is excessive. If the case doesn't settle, a decision by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz is expected this winter.

 

Rodriguez was among 14 players penalized by MLB this year following the sport's investigation of Biogenesis of America, Bosch's now-closed anti-aging clinic in Coral Gables, Fla., which is accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs. The others accepted their penalties, including 2011 NL MVP Ryan Braun, who missed this season's final 65 games.

 

Bosch was at the hearing to testify Monday -- a publicist released a photo of him in a hallway outside some conference rooms.

 

In Florida, state authorities said they had started a criminal investigation of the clinic.

 

"A subpoena was issued for documents, and we are looking into several areas of state interest," said Ed Griffith, spokesman for Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.

 

Existence of the state prosecutors' criminal subpoena was disclosed at a recent hearing in MLB's lawsuit in Miami against Biogenesis, also pending in Miami-Dade County court. It's not known whom the subpoena targeted or what specific documents are being sought.

 

A federal probe involves the sources of drugs the clinic is accused of selling to players.

 

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.