possible reason arod signed early?

[Carrotboy8]

i believe arod would have gotten 300 mil at some point if he held out and i think it's insane that he's signing so early in free agency. that said, i submit to you that it is possible arod is signing because he is one of the 11 free agents implicated in the mitchell investigation and is signing now because he knows if it became public his price would plummet

thoughts?

[mmbt0ne]

arod signed early b/c with cabrera on the market and no yankees in the bidding war he wasn't getting 300M.

[Jack of Arcades]

I'm pretty sure he would've already known when opting out. He called New York's bluff, and they gave him the 10 year deal he wanted.

[Franchise 60]

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I'm pretty sure he would've already known when opting out. He called New York's bluff, and they gave him the 10 year deal he wanted.

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I think you are totally misreading the situation. Boras convinced A-Rod the Yankees were bluffing and they'd still go after him, he was like ok Scotty. Then the Yankees stop talking with him, hes like wtf scotty thought they were bluffing. Then HE initiates talks with the Yankees, then HE agrees to keep Boras on the outside looking in.

Initially Boras told the Yankees it would take 350 million to even talk before they opted out, now he signs a 275 mil deal and he called the Yanks bluff? You are totally misreading what happened.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

Boras probably knew all along the $350 number wasn't gonna happen. he just made it up so when Arod settles for $300 it looks like he gave in.

[kyleb]

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Boras probably knew all along the $350 number wasn't gonna happen. he just made it up so when Arod settles for $300 it looks like he gave in.

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Yes, this is the whole [censored] point. Everyone who can't grasp this concept needs to take a class on negotiating tactics.

[Riverman]

Exactly, this is why every plaintiff's lawyer asks for $5m when their client suffered a bruised wrist in a car accident.

[Matt Williams]

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Boras probably knew all along the $350 number wasn't gonna happen. he just made it up so when Arod settles for $300 it looks like he gave in.

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Yes, this is the whole [censored] point. Everyone who can't grasp this concept needs to take a class on negotiating tactics.

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Problem is, that wasn't Boras's original negotiating point. He wanted $500 million w/ a possible stake in ownership after A-Rod retired. The $350 million was the low end that Boras was willing to settle for.

[Jack of Arcades]

He has been offered the longest contract in history and apparently a larger contract than the Yankees were offering before he opted out.

So what if Boras said the Yankees needed 350 million? If Boras said they needed to give him 1 billion dollars, would it matter? The Yankees said very clearly by opting out the Yankees would not negotiate with A-Rod. Period. Instead they gave him the largest contract ever, and one that will pay A-Rod until he is 42.

The spin doesn't matter. A-Rod "crawling back" to the Yankees doesn't matter. If the reports are true he's got a better deal by opting out than he would have by not opting out.

Edit: and lol, Boras is such a villain so that when A-Rod blows off Boras he looks like a good guy.

[wisehandpoker]

Far too much is being made of the $350 million number. pretty sure Boras wanted to get ARod to market and chose a number that would be too good to pass up free agency for.