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Originally Posted by The Poet
I have no idea which contract is the absolute worst, but there's one point about A-Rod many seem to overlook: It was the Rangers, not the Yankees, who first signed him to a monster deal, and it was also the Rangers who ate much of it when he came to The Bronx.
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But when he opted out who extended him for 10 years? Honestly the first contract wasn't so bad, it would be expiring now, and maybe he had 1 or 2 below average years, and won like what 3 MVP awards during the span of that contract, and not one since the extension. The Yankees were bidding against themselves and still have 6 more years left on this deal @ like 25 million a season.
If you get the MVP of the league who hits 40 plus homers, drives in 110 runs, hits .300 plays a solid 3rd base, 25 million a year isn't so bad by baseball standards. If you get a guy who is 40, coming off hip surgery, and not anywhere near as productive as he used to be, oh and you have 6 more years to pay him, than that is a bad contract.
Oh by the way, Kei Igawa is another one that just baffles my mind.