Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

what's lost year is that Arod just signed the largest contract in MLB history



(and he's 32 [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img])

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

Boras got greedy, as usual, and it cost them in the end.

I agree that A-Roid saw the damage his rep was taking and said "screw this". Hopefully he flat out fires Boras.

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

Yeah.

He basically got the 8/221 extension previously reported up to 10 years (same money) while the Yankees lost the Texas money.

He also gets the 300m if he breaks the record I think. With Bonds likely never playing another game that means he needs 244 hr, or over 100k per HR. That's pretty sweet.

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

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I'm pretty sure he would've already known when opting out. He called New York's bluff, and they gave him the 10 year deal he wanted.

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I think you are totally misreading the situation. Boras convinced A-Rod the Yankees were bluffing and they'd still go after him, he was like ok Scotty. Then the Yankees stop talking with him, hes like wtf scotty thought they were bluffing. Then HE initiates talks with the Yankees, then HE agrees to keep Boras on the outside looking in.

Initially Boras told the Yankees it would take 350 million to even talk before they opted out, now he signs a 275 mil deal and he called the Yanks bluff? You are totally misreading what happened.

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

Boras probably knew all along the $350 number wasn't gonna happen. he just made it up so when Arod settles for $300 it looks like he gave in.

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

He has been offered the longest contract in history and apparently a larger contract than the Yankees were offering before he opted out.

So what if Boras said the Yankees needed 350 million? If Boras said they needed to give him 1 billion dollars, would it matter? The Yankees said very clearly by opting out the Yankees would not negotiate with A-Rod. Period. Instead they gave him the largest contract ever, and one that will pay A-Rod until he is 42.

The spin doesn't matter. A-Rod "crawling back" to the Yankees doesn't matter. If the reports are true he's got a better deal by opting out than he would have by not opting out.

Edit: and lol, Boras is such a villain so that when A-Rod blows off Boras he looks like a good guy.

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

Far too much is being made of the $350 million number. pretty sure Boras wanted to get ARod to market and chose a number that would be too good to pass up free agency for.

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Boras is a retard.

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No, he isn't. Now you're being an idiot.

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Boras probably knew all along the $350 number wasn't gonna happen. he just made it up so when Arod settles for $300 it looks like he gave in.

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Yes, this is the whole [censored] point. Everyone who can't grasp this concept needs to take a class on negotiating tactics.

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

Exactly, this is why every plaintiff's lawyer asks for $5m when their client suffered a bruised wrist in a car accident.