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I'm a Democrat: Democrats pick up | 4 | 10.26% | |
I'm a Democrat: Republicans hold | 19 | 48.72% | |
I'm a Republican: Democrats pick up | 1 | 2.56% | |
I'm a Republican: Republicans hold | 10 | 25.64% | |
I don't care which party wins: Democrats pick up | 1 | 2.56% | |
I don't care which party wins: Republicans hold | 4 | 10.26% | |
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Re: where does a-rod play next season?
Looks like the Yanks are opening with 5/150 for the extension. That would be 8/231 total.
With that knowledge, I'd put the over/under at 7/225 on top of the 3/81 he's owed already, which gets him to the 10/300 everybody's been talking about. |
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Re: where does a-rod play next season?
how much of a cut does boras make for the deals that he gets?
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#213
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Re: where does a-rod play next season?
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how much of a cut does boras make for the deals that he gets? [/ QUOTE ] This was about the best I could find. [ QUOTE ] Well, if a kid signs for $5 million and the agent gets a 3-5 percent cut, that's $150,000 to $250,000. But not many kids sign for $5 million. And after the kid signs, it might be 6-7 years before he's making decent coin in the big leagues -- if he gets there at all. Even Scott Boras told me that it took something like 8 years before he started running his agency in the black. You have to have patience and a strong stomach [/ QUOTE ] I wonder what happens when the agent gets fired in the middle of a long term contract? |
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Re: where does a-rod play next season?
Also found this tidbit from the same chat.
[ QUOTE ] Derrik, My best advice is to go to the baseball winter meetings in December and check out the minor league job fair. They have a ton of great (albeit low-paying) jobs to help people get experience. The problem is, a lot of people want to start in the big leagues, and that's tough to do. [/ QUOTE ] If anybody wants to buy me a Christmas present, that book will do [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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Re: where does a-rod play next season?
Buster Olney reports Yanks to offer a record-setting deal.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3082251 Possibly 5 years, 150m extension (in addition to his 3 years, 81m). I can't imagine ARod getting more than this in free agency. So if his desire is really to be a Yankee, then he has to accept this offer. |
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Re: where does a-rod play next season?
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Buster Olney reports Yanks to offer a record-setting deal. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3082251 Possibly 5 years, 150m extension (in addition to his 3 years, 81m). I can't imagine ARod getting more than this in free agency. So if his desire is really to be a Yankee, then he has to accept this offer. [/ QUOTE ] I just love how the Yankees are basically timing all this to grab the headlines away from Boston after they win the WS. |
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Re: where does a-rod play next season?
A-Rod opted out. This means Boras knows he can get more than 8/$230m the Yanks were allegedly offering. It also means I have been totally WRONG with every post on this thread. I didn't think A-rod would go to a marginal team. I thought teams were smart enough to realize that A-rod has big injury and performance decline risks on any long term deal given his age. I can only hope history to eventually validate my viewpoint, say in about 4 years.
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#219
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Re: where does a-rod play next season?
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A-Rod opted out. This means Boras knows he can get more than 8/$230m the Yanks were allegedly offering. It also means I have been totally WRONG with every post on this thread. I didn't think A-rod would go to a marginal team. I thought teams were smart enough to realize that A-rod has big injury and performance decline risks on any long term deal given his age. I can only hope the D'Backs sign him and win two or three WS and deal with the decline in five or six years! . [/ QUOTE ] FYP |
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Re: where does a-rod play next season?
angels
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