Will A-Rod ever play again?....I'm glad you asked...

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Give this some thought, In Bonds last season (2007) he hit 28 HRs in only 340 ABs. And he led the league in walks & OBP while hitting a respectable 276.

Yet, NO TEAM wanted to sign him. So IF the yankees do buy him out (which I hope they do) I honestly think that A-Rod has played his last game on U.S. soil. I mention this because I understand that a Japanese team has interest in him.
 
Its impossible for me to see any scenatio that includes the yankees bringing back a-fraud for the 2015 season or beyond. Just a matter of outright cut and sue his ass for damaging the brand with his steroids and fraud in general, some kind of buyout or just writing a-hole a check to go away. And Rick absolutely right. Just like bonds no mlb team will touch this piece of shit afterwards. His career is over.
 
mrmel29 said:
Its impossible for me to see any scenatio that includes the yankees bringing back a-fraud for the 2015 season or beyond. Just a matter of outright cut and sue his ass for damaging the brand with his steroids and fraud in general, some kind of buyout or just writing a-hole a check to go away. And Rick absolutely right. Just like bonds no mlb team will touch this piece of shit afterwards. His career is over.
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Not to mention the he's suing the team he plays for among others. I doubt the Yankees will be welcoming him back.
 
There is always the chance that a team with a lot hate for the Yanks could take a flier on him in 2015, but not sure even the Saux would bring the freak show to town. Now the Mets...that's another story. Or say the Marlins...
 
Honestly I just don't see any team being a part of the circus that this dirt bag would bring to there team.
 
All depends if the MLB has an owner that channels his inner Daniel Schneider/Al Davis.
 
Maybe if cuban was an owner but the current crop I don't see anyone with the balls to buck baseball and sign him especially at this point when a-fraud is a diminished player anyway.
 
Maybe that idiot Dennis Rodman can get a-Rod to play baseball in Korea.
 
I can only think of one team that would sign him and that would be the Marlins because of his Miami ties and their owner is as big a jerk as Arod is.
 
I don't think he'll ever play again... but I'm sure he'll continue to be a pain in the ass for a long time to come...
 
...he may somehow play again elsewhere, but think he's played his last game as a Yankee...in his own maniacal way, he's polarized himself by suing nearly everybody, including the Yanx and their team doctor and i don't see how he'd be welcomed back to the clubhouse again after all of this. The fans, in general can't stand him either.
...in fact, the only reason that he'd want to subject himself even more to such a certain gauntlet of negativity from the Yanx and their fans and the media, would be to, in his mind, extract a measure of revenge...I really think he's that disconnected from reality.
 
Arod is not accepting a buyout, and I'm not sure why this plan keeps being only about the Yankees decision, it's up to him as well and IMO he's defiant about this and will not walk away, also we keep hearing about the remaining contract as $60 million without the milestone bonuses, as if the guy is going to just forget about that money, Arod will be a Yankee again unless NY finds a loophole, and I doubt they find it.
 
Rusty, a-rod is never playing for the yankees again. And as a result of that he is never smelling those joke steroid induced milestone bonuses as no one is signing this delusional clown again. With all the crap thats come out in his hearing it will be interesting if the yanks try to negotiate some kind of buyout with a-roid or cut him for and make him sue them for his money. I will be very surprised if hal just writes him a check but I guess that is a scenario that could happen also.
 
A-Rod will still have to go through unannounced periodic testing even during his suspension, so why buy him out & waste money when there's a chance that he fails a test & loses even more money toward an additional suspension?
 
Why is it he'll never be a Yankee again? it's not like they can just hand him a bag of money and say goodbye, it doesn't work like that, he has to accept the buyout, so again, how is it that fans think he's gone? shame? please, Arod has no shame.
 
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if your Arod why would accept a buy out? Why give up any additional $$ to make other people happy?
 
RustySpan said:
Why is it he'll never be a Yankee again? it's not like they can just hand him a bag of money and say goodbye, it doesn't work like that, he has to accept the buyout, so again, how is that fans think he's gone?
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Look at it this way Rusty, you sign a contract to work for someone & because of an addiction you get suspended. Then you sue you boss & the company that you worked for, do you really think they're going to take you back? The'll do everything they possibly can to keep your ungratefull ass out of the building.
 
Why?...I think several people have addressed that question.
 
yankeesince59 said:
Why?...I think several people have addressed that question.
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this is Arod we are talking about, there is no rational reason for him to accept anything. do you think he gives a shit what his employer or teammates think of him. all he has to do is show up every day, even if he is not in the lineup he gets paid. as long as he shows up as an eligible player he gets paid. why take a dime less. I would love to just show up to work everyday not have to do a single thing and get paid millions.

even if the Yankees cut him because he cant produce, his contract is guaranteed. he gets paid. why accept anything less than the full contract?
 
...because, like I already said, "eventually, he may have no choice"...and Arod's mania has nothing to do with it...he can waste all the money he likes, and he can flap his arms all he wants and proclaim innocence...it won't change the facts.

...and depending on what happens further down the road, his contract is not necessarily guaranteed. His salary was supposed to be guaranteed this year too but because of his own actions, words, and idiocy, he won't get his $25 Mil in 2014...The union is not behind him and the players are not behind him. And as far as I know, the Yanx are not required to play him when his suspension is over.
 
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...because, like I already said, "eventually, he may have no choice"...and Arod's mania has nothing to do with it...he can waste all the money he likes, and he can flap his arms all he wants and proclaim innocence...it won't change the facts.

...and depending on what happens further down the road, his contract is not necessarily guaranteed. His salary was supposed to be guaranteed this year too but because of his own actions, words, and idiocy, he won't get his $25 Mil in 2014...The union is not behind him and the players are not behind him. And as far as I know, the Yanx are not required to play him when his suspension is over.
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as long as he is not suspended and shows up for work, his contract is guaranteed and thus has to be paid. in order for the yanks to get off the hook and want to buy him out of his contract, he would have to agree to it. This is not the NFL where an owner can cut a player and not have to pay him anymore.

If Arod is suspended or announces his retirement he forfeits his salary. If he is declared unable to play due to a failed physical then the insurance pays Arod for lost wages and get this he may qualify for workers comp and disability benefits.
 
...you don't know what you're talking about.

...are you claiming that there is no scenario in which the Yanx would not have legal grounds to have ARod's contract voided?...if you are, you need to do some more research into the language and clauses in contracts. There are loop holes and if you think the Yanx won't explore them, you are mistaken.
 
59, the new drug policy creates some challenges towards exercising certain loopholes. And getting out of a contract for a player that tests positive was a specific loophole closed in the CBA. The only out is if a link between injury and PED use can established, OR the player is in jail for illegal activities.

Yanks better hope a Miami/Florida Grand Jury pulls ARod into their indictment.
 
yankeesince59 said:
...you don't know what you're talking about.

...are you claiming that there is no scenario in which the Yanx would not have legal grounds to have ARod's contract voided?...if you are, you need to do some more research into the language and clauses in contracts. There are loop holes and if you think the Yanx won't explore them, you are mistaken.
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then it wouldn't be a buy out now would it!
 
BigDaddyAl1973 said:
then it wouldn't be a buy out now would it!
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...are you really this dense?...you asked why ARod should take a buyout. I replied that down the road "he may not have a choice". If ARod is presented with an option of fighting the Yanx efforts to have his entire contract voided OR take some sort of settlement or "buyout", he may very well take it.

...are you caught up yet?
 
First of all, this is how it will happen from a procedural standpoint.

Arod is gone for 2014 barring a Hail Mary from a Federal Judge that would grant the injunction. He will receive approx 3M from his deferred signing bonus. He can't play for a Japanese team at all or for any other independent unless given permission by the Yankees.

I am sure that after he fails in his appeal, he and the Yankees will enter into a potential buyout negotiations that may prove fruitful for both parties or Arod or the Yankees could say screw you.

As 2014 unfolds and any several scenarios could come to light, such has a Federal Drug Charge, more evidence is discovered, Yankees attorney's looking for loopholes to void the remainder or portions of the remaining contract etc..

The Yankees could simple give him his unconditional release, and be subject to the terms of the contract as they pertain to the remaining 3 years and 60+ million.

But the chances of Arod in a Yankee uniform ever again is slim to none and slim is on the bus.
 
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