Re: possible reason arod signed early?
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No, I didn't agree it was their best pre-opt out offer. You're fabricating a story. 8/231 was the best offer A-rod had pre-opt out. Now he has 10/275+incentives.
I think the crux of this is that people think if A-rod sat down with the yanks longer he would've gotten 10/296+incentives which is idiotic.
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If 8/231 was on the table, there is no way in hell the Yankees would have balked at 10/275+ incentives. 296 might have been a stretch, but not much of one.
The conversation could have gone something like this:
Yankees: 8/231
Boras: 10/350
Yankees: 10/260
Boras: 10/300
Yankees: 10/275 + incentives to get it to 300+
Boras: ok, cool.
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