Re: possible reason arod signed early?
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Dude, wasn't it like one day where you could even talk money with A-Rod? Why in the world are you assuming A-Rod had no interest?
Like seriously, look at what you're saying:
Yanks say A-Rod won't opt out or they will not re-sign him or negotiate
A-Rod opts out, pissing off the Yanks
A-Rod finds no one wants his services
A-Rod runs back to Yanks
Yanks gladly give A-Rod a monstrous 10-year contract when no other team was bidding?
The Yankees made a HUGE stink about the money from the Rangers. Eight years $225 million was the number tossed out before. So the Yankees decided they suddenly not only don't even care about the Ranger money lost, but they'll tack on two extra years and $50 million with possibly $25 million or more in incentives just because? Out of the kindness of their heart?
Get a clue.
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UH YES.
do u really think the yankees gave a [censored] about 21 million in the grand scheme of things? Sure they would have prefered to keep it does it really hurt the Yankees that badly?
That was a ploy to try to stop Boras from opting out. The Yankees were worried that once Arod was on the open market and lots of other teams were throwing contracts at him things would get nuts.(this never happened)
I have no idea why the Yankees agreed to offer Arod 10/275 given the environment at the time. There was no reason to because no one else was going to get close to it. They knew this last week. But they didn't know this a month ago when Arod had 10 days left before he could opt out.
That is the difference between the two situations.
The fact the Yanks gave Arod 10/275 despite them not needing to given the cold market supports my argument that they could have possibly gotten an even better deal pre-opt out.
If the Yankees were totally willing to give Arod 10/275 when they could see that the market was pretty cold then Arod could have gotten that or better pre-opt out when it was assumed that many teams would be in play for Arod and the Yankees had a extra 21 million to add to the contract.
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