<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2933023The New York Yankees are willing to bend their own rules to keep Alex Rodriguez in pinstripes beyond this season.The Yankees have changed their traditional stance and are now willing to negotiate during the season with their star third baseman on a contract extension, MLB sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.The key sticking point for the Yankees in the prospective negotiations is that Rodriguez agree not to opt out of his current contract after this season and agree to add any extension to the current contract, which expires after the 2010 season. Approximately $81 million of the current contract is being paid by the Texas Rangers, which was part of the trade that brought Rodriguez to New York. Though the Yankees are underperforming so far this season, it's not A-Rod's fault. Rodriguez leads the major leagues at the All-Star break with 30 home runs and 86 RBIs and has a .317 average</div>Interesting....I still have to wonder if A-Rod really wants to stay in New York though. I guess we'll see.
If I recall correctly, didn't he say he didn't want to during the interview at the HR Derby? He said he wanted to get a good start for FA scouting for next year.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Jul 11 2007, 11:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If I recall correctly, didn't he say he didn't want to during the interview at the HR Derby? He said he wanted to get a good start for FA scouting for next year.</div>He's always said he's wants to return, but at the same time has refused to say he's not going to opt out. I think if the year runs out he's as good as gone and is only saying he wants to return to try and save face with the Yankees fans.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Alex Rodriguez-3B-Yankees Jul. 12 - 11:56 am et Alex Rodriguez won't be interested in negotiating with the Yankees during the season, agent Scott Boras told the New York Post."We are not going to be negotiating during the season," Boras said. "This is Alex's decision. This has been his policy, and I fully expect this to continue to be his policy." The Yankees could give him an extension for that kind of cash, but it'd only make sense for them if they did it before he opted out. If A-Rod becomes a free agent, the Yankees would lose all of the money the Rangers are sending over to help pay for his contract.</div>I still think we're going to see him opt out....
A-Rod worth almost $500,000 per GAME????<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>After the New York Yankees on Wednesday indicated they would break from tradition and negotiate during the season with Alex Rodriguez on a contract extension, his agent moved in quickly to define what it would take to keep the superstar third baseman playing in New York.And that would be unprecedented millions per season.In a telephone interview with the New York Post, Scott Boras said Rodriguez assuredly will become Major League Baseball's first $30 million-a-year player.However, Boras said he will not take up the Yankees' offer to negotiate before the season ends."We are not going to be negotiating during the season," Boras said. Boras insisted he could see no way that strategy will change, saying "This is Alex's decision. This has been his policy, and I fully expect this to continue to be his policy."MLB sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney that the Yankees were willing to negotiate with Rodriguez -- under the condition that he agrees not to opt out of his current contract after this season and that he agrees to tack on any extension to that deal, which expires after the 2010 season.Even if his client doesn't go the opt-out route, Boras told the Post that there are existing stipulations in the current deal that all but guarantee Rodriguez would earn a minimum of $32 million in both the 2009 and 2010 seasons."The way the provision operates, he either gets that or he can become a free agent after any of those seasons again," Boras told the newspaper.Approximately one-third of the remaining $81 million of the current contract is being paid by the Texas Rangers, which was part of the trade that brought Rodriguez to New York.Though the Yankees are underperforming so far this season, it's not Rodriguez's fault. He led the major leagues at the All-Star break with 30 home runs and 86 RBIs and has a .317 average.</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chang @ Jul 12 2007, 08:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>A-Rod worth almost $500,000 per GAME????</div>I think you're math is off. 30 Million over a 162 Game season would be about 185K per game, 32 Million would be 197K per game
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chang @ Jul 12 2007, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah whoops, you're right. I guesstimated his salary by the NBA season.</div>30M wouldn't even be 500K a game in the NBA
