[Savager]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3084583

Quote: DENVER -- Alex Rodriguez opted out of his $252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. Rodriguez's decision, announced by agent Scott Boras during Game 4 of the World Series, makes him eligible to become a free agent. Rodriguez loses the final $72 million in guaranteed salary in the contract, of which $21.3 million was to be covered by payments from the Texas Rangers to the Yankees. New York had said it would not attempt to re-sign A-Rod if he opted out. Boras said during a telephone interview Rodriguez made his choice because he was uncertain whether Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte would return to the Yankees. "Alex's decision was one based on not knowing what his closer, his catcher and one of his statured pitchers was going to do," Boras said. "He really didn't want to make any decisions until he knew what they were doing."

[Timbo]

The Yanks are going to see a lot of restructuring this off season.

[redbora]

aw man, this is going to be some off season

[masterswimmer]

Quote: Originally Posted by redbora aw man, this is going to be some off season

I wish it were going to be limited to the off season. My expectations.....they are a fallin'.

Torre gone.
A-Rod - most likely gone.
Pettitte - who knows
Posada - who knows
Mo - who knows


I think all the teams in MLB should form an alliance and agree not to sign any player represented by Scott Boras. He said A-Rod didn't know what Pettitte, Posada & Mo were gonna do and didn't want to be there without them. BS!!!!!

Argh, I'm NOT happy about this fall already. First round out and now all this crap.

[duke62]

as i said LETS GO METS.anyway thats what happens when you have a egotistical player like arod on your team.waaaaaaah im only going to make 1,000,000,000,000,000.99.i want 10,000,000.99 more.give me a break.who is going to take him for that type of money.he didnt take the mariners anywhere he didnt take texas anywhere he didnt take the yanks anywhere.its all about a team working as 1.all that another team will want him for is to bring attendance up.yanks are better off without him and put more spotlight on a player who deserves it and that derreck jeter.and thats coming from a met fan

[TimberTDI]

Although I thought it was disrespectful of A-Rod and Boras letting the news "leak" out during game 4 of the WS, I think his excuse is a valid one. Who knows where the Yankees are going? Playing the worst case scenario that Pettitte, Posada & Mo leave; who's left? I wouldn't want to be stuck on a team that doesn't have a sense of direction.

Don't forget that the Yankees reportedly made him an offer, five year extension at $30 million a year. So for him to walk away, he's got to have something else to walk into.

Steven

[Savager]

What kind of legacy ARod has for all his baseball career? I think this is it,

Quote: But now it appears he will leave, with the Yankees joining the Seattle Mariners and Texas as former teams for a player who outperformed all others during the regular season but flopped regularly in the postseason. A-Rod went 4-for-15 (.267) with one RBI against in the Yankees' first-round playoff loss to Cleveland and is in an 8-for-59 (.136) postseason funk dating to 2004. Even worse has been his postseason hitting in the clutch. He is hitless in his past 18 playoff at-bats with runners in scoring position.

[Savager]

I really don't think Arod fits in any teams that have a potential to go to the world series, like Yankees or Boston. He needs to go to the team where he is the only superstar in the team and the team to have him to sell the tickets. That's why I think ARod fits very well in SF Giants. SF will sell their tickets for next several years if they got Arod and just to show if ARod breaks the HR record.

[alfani]

bye a-rod
hello, girardi

[Deanos]

Quote: Originally Posted by Savager What kind of legacy ARod has for all his baseball career? I think this is it,

It is definitely today's news, but I don't think that'll be his legacy. There are plenty of players in the Hall of Fame recognized as baseball's greatest who never even played in the playoffs or won a World Championship. It may be something that will always hang over his head though. He has several years of baseball ahead of him, assuming no injury.