Comments on: Why Alex Rodriguez Won’t Be a Met

By: Tejesh

Tejesh — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:22:49 +0000

I think the market is much more dry then people realize when it comes to ARod. As a Met fan, I’d offer him 6 years, $192 mil guaranteed (32 mil per), with Year 7 and 8 options at 26 mil or 8 mil buyouts (bringing the guaranteed money to 200 mil or 33.3 mil per, and Year 9 and 10 options at 22 mil per, or 6.5 mil buyouts. That would bring the total value of the deal to 10 years, $288 mil. You can throw in 1.5 mil MVP clauses for the league, and each playoff round. 1.5 mil GG clauses, other stuff like that. 1.5 mil for reaching 600 PAs in years 6-10.

And I’d sign him with the express purpose of putting him at 2b.

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By: Sarah Green

Sarah Green — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:18:35 +0000

Aha, Paul! I *knew* I’d read it somewhere! Wow, all of this winning and no sleep really has addled my brain. I’m high on baseball!

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By: Coley

Coley — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:45:13 +0000

Sarah, I would love to see A-Rod’s numbers come to town. But he would never survive in Philly. They radio talk show hosts would eat him alive.

Then again, playing in the Shitizen, he could hit anywhere from 50-50 million homers.

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By: Blastings! Thrilledge

Blastings! Thrilledge — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:21:31 +0000

The players can deal. Wait, A-Rod’s really an American. Can he speak Spanish?

That’s a big deal.

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By: Paul Moro

Paul Moro — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:12:32 +0000

Sarah, I actually quoted and linked to that article in this post…

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By: Sarah Green

Sarah Green — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:08:41 +0000

Coping and Blastings, I swear I read this article this morning but now I can’t find it (argh argh!). In spring training, when asked about the possibility of the Mets getting A-Rod and moving Wright across the diamond, an unnamed Met actually said something like, “We don’t need A-Rod’s leadership on this team. We need Wright’s leadership on this team.” Now, players don’t get to make personnel decisions, obviously, but if A-Rod wants to be a Met he may have a lot of work to do to win over the guys already in that clubhouse. Displacing Wright—whatever the caliber of his arm—would make that even harder.

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By: Coping with Life

Coping with Life — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:58:11 +0000

A-Rod has always wanted to be a Met, so let him be a Met. Move Wright first–he can’t throw anyway.

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By: Blastings! Thrilledge

Blastings! Thrilledge — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:55:20 +0000

Just a big UmpBump love fest over here, huh?

Let me weigh in on this, if I may. Let’s put forth two givens: 1) A-Rod’s offense can play anywhere, even 10 years from now, when he’ll be playing first base or something. 2) His defense is limited to 3B and worse. Maybe he could play 2B, but that’s not a given.

Why not, having those two premises, could the Mets not find a place for A-Rod? Wright moves to second base for two-three years for A-Rod. A-Rod then moves to LF, and Wright moves back to third. At the end of the contract, A-Rod plays first base.

You got a problem with that?

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By: A-Rod Opts Out

A-Rod Opts Out — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:33:22 +0000

You’re right! A-Rod will not become a Met. He’s more likely to be seen in a Red Sox, Cubs, Giants or Angels uniform next season.

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By: Sarah Green

Sarah Green — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:08:18 +0000

Coley, by your logic, you’d love to see A-Rod on the Phillies next year. Is this indeed so??

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