Um, What?
No time to post anything substantial, but Yankeeland, reports are FLYING from writers at Fox, NY Daily News, along with Mike Lupica, John Sterling, and what seems to be an army of "anonymous sources" that ARod is meeting/has met/is talking through intermediaries (Reggie Jackson??) with the Steinbrothers behind-the-scenes, and that apparently a multi-year deal worth $27 mil per is in the works/being discussed/almost finished/done. This story was practically non-existent and/or laughable yesterday.
I'm taking it all with a BIG grain of salt, but I had to point out this statement on ARod's own site today, by way of River Ave Blues. He basically admits, out front, that he's got "mutual friends" talking to the Yankees.
Is this anything more than a monumental PR/negotiating tactic engineered by The Boras? I don't know what to think. But things have gotten interesting in the Empire all of a sudden.
UPDATE: From Hank Steinbrenner: "“He reached out to us through a third party. He has expressed a desire to stay a Yankee. He’s even willing to make certain sacrifices to do so.” Wowzers.
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The New York Times is saying he's talking to the Yankees without Boras, which I take to mean one of two things: 1) ARod is pissed at Boras (rightfully) for talking him out of the contract and letting him loose into a market that doesn't want to pay him, or 2) it's a ploy to inflate his market value even more.
If he does end up back on the Yankees, I have to wonder if this was all some backhanded favor from Boras to the Rangers.
Good point. I have no idea what's going on between Texas and Boras' other clients.
And if this costs the Angels an extra 5 mil per year, I'm all for it.
We'll see what happens. I might retract some of my statements about his character if he starts acting like a stand-up guy. But I'll believe it when I see it.
Also...I really hope they never pay $25+ mil to any 42-year-old.
The 2008 Yankees are going to look like the 2007 Yankees, only higher paid. That's a great point about the Rangers, which doesn't make me happy. However, if this keeps A-Rod out of Anaheim, I'm happy.
The Yankees would be better off giving $150 million to the Marlins for Miguel Cabrera.
Is ARod going to help Jeter pay his back taxes?
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