<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Oct 18 2006, 05:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Oct 18 2006, 04:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>A-Rod won't be traded. Especially not to the "Lovable" losers. He loves NY and has a no-trade clause.</div>Sheesh. First you were thinking of all these possible A-Rod trades and how NY could get him out of town... now you are saying he's not going. Which do you want?</div>Depending on what we get in return, I'd prefer he be traded. I don't want to go giving him away for nothing like some people think he should be, but I don't think NY is the best place for him. So if we can get a reasonable package in exchange, I'd like that to happen.But according to his agent, A-Rod isn't leaving NYC, and if he gets traded he'll likely exercise his contract option to cut out of the deal after the 2007 season to sign a new contract where he wants. This scares off suiters because they'll have to impress him and the town (LA for instance) will have to welcome him and impress him in order for him to actually play out his contract. Which is why I doubt he'll be traded. I can't, at this point, see him enjoying the city of Chicago so much that he'll play out his contract. Pinella/Ozzie would have to metaphorically slob his knob weekly as would the city of Chicago. Same with LA. LA is probably the more realistic option as they are a more laid back city, but can you see either team ponying up the price it takes to get A-Rod?Aside from all that, if a trade is made but A-Rod blocks it, now you have multiple players in the organization that tried to trade for him feeling they are not wanted. A-Rod pissed off at the Yankees and the Yankees pissed at A-Rod. That'll make everything bad for everyone, so why risk it when you can just keep one of the best talents in baseball in your lineup?
