possible reason arod signed early?

[manbearpig]

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No, I didn't agree it was their best pre-opt out offer. You're fabricating a story. 8/231 was the best offer A-rod had pre-opt out. Now he has 10/275+incentives.

I think the crux of this is that people think if A-rod sat down with the yanks longer he would've gotten 10/296+incentives which is idiotic.

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The point is that if the Yankees were willing to start at 8/231 what number could they have negotiated to that is less than 10/275? There is just not a whole lot of room in between those two numbers.