What's going to happen to A-Rod after this year?

[Karak567]

Please don't flame me for this, I thought it was a valid conversation piece.

Ok this has honestly, as a Yankee fan, been bothering me. I've been reading everywhere that "no matter what happens" A-Rod will be voiding the last 3 years of his contract and signing a new one.

The first scenario is that he has a blockbuster year. While he won't get the average 26-27 mil a year like he did before, he will get a long term contract worth a lot of money. Do the Yankees give him this contract? Does someone else?

The second scenario is he has a bad year. What constitutes a bad year for A-Rod? Who knows? I was perfectly happy with what he gave the Yankees last year, with the organization only shelling out 16 mil for him. Most of the fans and media, however, were not. Will he have another year similar to or worse than last year and not be able to take the heat anymore? Void his contract and go elsewhere? He'll still get good money as anyone with two ounces of brain matter knows his year last year was very, very good.

I am also going to assume any significant improvement over this past year will put him in contention for the MVP award.

Personally, I hope no matter what happens he chooses not to void his contract and stays with the Yanks. If the Yanks have to negotiate a new contract after a blockbuster year, it will almost certainly be [censored] on the back end for the Yankees. Oh well. Such is baseball these days.