Re: possible reason arod signed early?
They're 1st offer was along the lines of 8 years at nearly 30 million per. IT WAS THEIR FIRST [censored] OFFER!
that means there will be a 2nd, n probably a 3rd etc etc etc.
They had 10 days left to go to agree on a contract. Your telling me the Yankees were only going to make 1 offer then stop negotiating for the next 10 days? They did the exact same thing with Mo and Posada. They gave a initial offer prior to other teams being able to negotiate with the two players.
Mo and Posada said I want more years and more $$$. they made another offer. Mo and Posada said more! And they gave in and gave them more.
We don't even know if Boras actually recieved a 8 year/225 offer that was just a rumor...thats the crazy thing.
The Yankees were idiots and didn't use their leverage to force Arod to choose a worse deal post opt out. This isn't genius by Boras(he didn't for see Arod having to go thru Warren Buffett to get the Yankees to negotiate and then have the Yankees offer a idiotic deal when no one else was even close in contract terms)...its stupidity by the Yankees for not being smart with their money and just throwing it around like its nothing.
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