possible reason arod signed early?
 

i believe arod would have gotten 300 mil at some point if he held out and i think it's insane that he's signing so early in free agency. that said, i submit to you that it is possible arod is signing because he is one of the 11 free agents implicated in the mitchell investigation and is signing now because he knows if it became public his price would plummet

thoughts?

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

arod signed early b/c with cabrera on the market and no yankees in the bidding war he wasn't getting 300M.

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

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.

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

I think he signed because nobody showed even remote interest in him. Nobody wants to deal with Boras. Nobody has 300 million except the Yanks/Sox.

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I think he signed because nobody showed even remote interest in him. Nobody wants to deal with Boras. Nobody has 300 million except the Yanks/Sox.

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Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

Seems unlikely the Yankees would give him 275m if there was no market for A-Rod.

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Anyone else hear on sportscenter that ARod essentially fired Scott Boras and used Goldman Sachs to negotiate with the Yankees?

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Boras is a retard.

Re: possible reason arod signed early?
 

If its true that he will get a hefty bonus for breaking various HR-records he might end up getting more than $300 million afterall, so seems like a pretty sweet deal for A-Rod.

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I think Arod signed because he never wanted to leave the Yankees but he simply wanted to get the best deal he could and Boras figured they could get a 300+ deal from the Yankees if they made other teams bid against them. Alex believed him and thus opted out on the advise of Boras. Boras convinced him that the Yankees were just bullshitting and would bid for his services along with several other teams.

That didn't happen. Boras ended up making his client even more hated by the population and Arod realized without a bidding war the Yankees were the team that could give him the best deal quickly so he could get this mess overwith. I think Arod cares about his legacy and would love to go down as a all time great Yankee. So he kissed and made up and said give me the best offer u woulda given me pre-opt out and lets get this done.