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2 MVPs, 2 Gold Gloves, 8 Silver Sluggers, 1 batting title, 5 time home run leader, etc.This isn't basketball; you can't blame the lack of post-season success on one player.
How were his post season numbers last year? As a Tigers fan, you should probably know. You want this choker to be paid 20 million per year by your team? It's easy to hit home runs when you are up 8 in the 7th inning.
The Yankees haven't been up 8 in the 7th inning too many games this year and he is doing fine. I will admit, A-Rod has been bad in the 05 and 06 playoffs. Prior to that, A-Rod was a great playoff performer. In 5 post-season series between 97 and 04, A-Rod hit .371 I believe fully that if A-Rod came to Detroit, he would perform just fine in the playoffs.
Absolutely.
either their or the Cubbies and it'll be much closer to 30 million per year than 20 million.
why? that's Boros's MO. If nothing else he'll get 5 more years at 27 million per year from the Yankees. Plus, this is the year if you're A-rod to break the bank since he'll be 32. Teams are much more likely to give him a long term contract at some astronomical number this offseason than in 2010.
Do you even watch baseball? Or do you just read the New York Post? He's the only thing holding that crap### Yankees team together right now.
He's going to whoever puts up the most money. Boras wants 30 mil per year, for 6 years. Whoever offers that first gets him.
That would be shrewd of Boras to sign him to the first bidder.
I don't think there is any doubt that the Cubs and Angels have the lead in the A-rod sweepstakes if he opts out which I think he will. The Cubs have to be sold first though which I think puts the Angels as the clear frontrunner. He would fit nicely in Detroit and I think the owner would pony up the $$$ to get him. However A-Rod would probably rather play in California where his wife can drop a trailer with a moon roof in the back yard so her relatives will feel at home when visiting. I also think Detroit will spend their $$$ on a 1Bman at half the cost and take their chances. But he's welcome in Detroit, no doubt.
White Sox? I doubt that.
why? them being so awful this year may have changed things, but sports radio in this town has always inferred that Ken Williams would love a chance to add a player like that. I don't know if Reinsdorf would write the check or not though. With Dye hitting free agency after this year, they could use a big bat and they have an opening at SS.you really think the Tigers are a more likely destination for him?
Sox could be a definite possibility after the disaster that is this season. Williams won't sit back and watch this again next year.
The White Sox are historically cheap and the Tigers have a better chance to win in the next five years. You're talking about bumping their payroll into the Boston Red Sox tier. I don't see it happening. He's going to the Cubs or Angels or staying in New York.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/alex_rodriguez/index.html
:X I still think the White Sox are more likely than the Tigers.
I have heard and read the same thing about SF, they would break the bank for him. If only the Phillies owners had any balls or care to land a megastar, he would hit 80 playing in our sandbox.
Several Tigers have Boras as an agent and the reason the Tigers drafted Rick Porcello is because many of the other teams have difficulty dealing with Boras. Dave Dombrowski has a long standing good relationship with him. Kenny rogers, I-Rod, Jeff Larish, Bobby Seay, Andrew Miller, Mags, Miner and Porcello are all in Boras' camp. I think the White Sox have one in Joe Crede. Scott Boras is going to decide where A-Rod goes and I think Kenny Williams is going to have to forgive and forget. Same with Boras. The chance of him landing in Detroit is small but all the speculation of guys like Phil Rogers trying to fill lines in Chicago papers (which said the same thing I said about the sale of the Cubs being an issue) isn't going to matter when Boras is involved. I'd say on that alone the Tigers would have an advantage but I'm not even sure Dombrowski wants him or that the Tigers would make that kind of financial commitment to one player. There are only two teams with the money, an ability to deal with Boras' and the desire to sign A-Rod and they are the Yankees and Angels. All the others have issues but I think A-Rod would be more likely to end up in a Red Sox uniform before a White Sox uniform.http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/alex_rodriguez/index.html
Would be the greatest infield EVAH1b Ryan Howard2b Chase UtleySS Jimmy Rollins3b Arod
Don't worry William Penn won't allow it...Would be the greatest infield EVAH1b Ryan Howard2b Chase UtleySS Jimmy Rollins3b Arod
A-Rod talked up the city quite a bit a few weekends ago during the SF/NYY series.Why not put ARod at 3B if he goes to Detroit? Guillen at first is a terrible idea.
I didn't get that part of the idea either but forgot to mention it. Casey+Guillen > Guillen+Inge.
Inge is a gold glove caliber fielder who hits home runs. He's gonna be at 3B for awhile in Detroit and with the rest of the line-up he is not going to be asked to do too much except field his position better than most, hit 9th, and come up with an occasional big hit which he does. Guillen has leg issues and throwing issues. He'd be better off at 1B. SF would also be a place of interest for sure if they put the money up.
Exactly why I would love it if they could land Teixeira.
Unnamed sources. It must be true.
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