Alex Rodriguez has opted out of his contract with the New York Yankees and is a free agent, and while Hank and Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman have reiterated that they will not negotiate with A-Rod, his agent Scott Boras has said that the Yankees can still negotiate with his client. The question is, should the Yankees consider this? A-Rod’s departure leaves a huge hole in the line up and at third base, and it’s always nice to add (or keep) the best hitter in the game. However, a reconciliation of this marriage is near impossible. The Yankees organization and their fans are too scorned by Rodriguez’s actions to accept him back at this point and Brian Cashman and the Steinbrenner’s would just look foolish if they went back on their strong statements against A-Rod. This is not even to mention the astronomical price tag on A-Rod. Reports have been leaked that Scott Boras is demanding a $350 million contract from the Yankees in order to even negotiate with his client! This is a contract which is nearly $30 million a year for 12 years and Boras is never going to sniff a contract like this unless one of the 30 MLB teams suddenly becomes run by a group of apes. No one player is worth that kind of a commitment, even if he is the best player in the game and it will only lead to athletes’ contracts being even more absurd through the years. While it certainly wouldn’t hurt to bring 54 home runs and 160 RBI’s back to the team, its time to accept the fact that the Alex Rodriguez era in New York is over and was pretty much a failure. I am not going to rip A-Rod again in this column, even if he does deserve it, but his two MVP awards do not make up for the fact that he failed to deliver a championship to New York.
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