Its Official...A-rod is OPTING OUT!!

[wayne1218]

A Rod will be a:

Cub 40 %
White Sox 25%
Angel 10%
Dodger 10%
Met 5%
Somebody else 10%


Torre will:

Do TV 50%
Manage Yankees 10%
Manage Cardinals 10%
Manage somebody else 30%

He has signed with Boston once already. None of those other teams can say that so i'm not sure with that knowledge, and Lowell's contract up, how you can possibly leave the word Boston off your list. The Mets??? Wright and Reyes are going nowhere.

[wayne1218]

LMFAO! I'm still trying to figure out Savage's obsession w/ Lowell

[kbsooner21]

I know he had a great year for the Sox, as did Theriot for the Cubs, (prob my favorite player this year) but if it's Lowell of Theriot for ARod??? Come on now

[griswold]

The key on the Cubs is the pending sale. They will make NO major signings until the sale goes through.

They make the team less attractive by saddling the new owner with a contract he didn't approve of.

[wayne1218]

Boras has a GREAT Relationship with Theo Epstein too. That will be a huge factor that is forgotten (IMO). Dice-K, Drew and Varitek are just a few Boras clients with Boston already.

[wayne1218]

The Red Sox have their own TV Station, half ownership of a prominent Nascar team and they are in talks to Buy New Hampshire International Speedway too. Money is coming out of their ears and A-Rod's contract wouldn't scare them in the least.

[GrandPa]

ARod has a Mercedes dealership in Houston. Maybe he'd like to be close to it.

He would look great in Astro pinstripes. It'd be nice to get the guy who is going to own the MLB record book before he is done.

[savage1]

savage, why would they keep Lowell? He has had a good year but check the numbers, he can't hold A-Rod's jock strap!

He was EASILY the MVP of the Sox this year.
What I meant was keep Lowell at third and get ARod for SS.

[savage1]

LMFAO! I'm still trying to figure out Savage's obsession w/ Lowell

I can guarantee you Sox would NOT have won division this year if they had not had Lowell.

[wayne1218]

He was EASILY the MVP of the Sox this year.
What I meant was keep Lowell at third and get ARod for SS.

A-Rod is EASILY the American League MVP.

[kbsooner21]

I can guarantee you Sox would NOT have won division this year if they had not had Lowell.

I'm sure ARod would make up for Lowell's absence lol

[savage1]

I am saying I would like to have BOTHh ARod and Lowell;obviously, if I had to choose vetween the two, it would be ARod.
I still feel that if anyone other than Lowell had played third this year for Sox(othetr than ARod), Sox would have finished second.

[wayne1218]

I'm sure ARod would make up for Lowell's absence lol

No shit. Does savage think we are giving up Lowell and going to have no 3B? Damn savage, Lowell's numbers would look horrible if they are replaced by A-Rod's. Do you not get that? lol

[wayne1218]

I am saying I would like to have BOTHh ARod and Lowell;obviously, if I had to choose vetween the two, it would be ARod.
I still feel that if anyone other than Lowell had played third this year for Sox(othetr than ARod), Sox would have finished second.

Well obviously their not going to sign both savage. It simply makes no sense. With that said you would have to choose one or the other. A aging 3B or the younger A.L. MVP? It shouldn't be that tough of a decision!

[savage1]

Ok-I think we misunderstood each other. I would have to choose ARod over Lowell, although I sure hope if Sox don't get ARod, they keep Lowell;losing him all things considered would probably be disastrous!