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A-Rod for $200m??
It appears that A-Rod will be a $200 million man. Besides being an awful lot of money, this is a fool's exercise. If you do a simple probability argument it is difficult to justify that sort of expense for one player. One he isn't going to put that many fannies in the seat. Two, he could get hurt or become ineffective.
I think A-Rod is as good as anyone out there, but I don't honestly believe he is worth making a ten year investment in. I would go $20m for four years, similar to what Delgado is making, but I wouldn't touch ten years.
It appears that A-Rod will be a $200 million man. Besides being an awful lot of money, this is a fool's exercise. If you do a simple probability argument it is difficult to justify that sort of expense for one player. One he isn't going to put that many fannies in the seat. Two, he could get hurt or become ineffective.
I think A-Rod is as good as anyone out there, but I don't honestly believe he is worth making a ten year investment in. I would go $20m for four years, similar to what Delgado is making, but I wouldn't touch ten years.
posted by Sean Foran # 9:24 AM 
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