[vincesanity82]

OK, so we already knew the Yankees wanted Alex Rodriguez to come in for a sit-down ... but now we know just what that sit-down will entail: a big fat offer:

The New York Yankees have asked to meet with third baseman Alex Rodriguez, and if and when they get that meeting, league sources indicate the team is prepared to make him an offer that will exceed, in average salary, the $27 million per year that he is scheduled to make over the next three seasons -- and A-Rod would be in line to set yet another salary benchmark.

The offer could be for something in the range of five years -- beyond the three years Rodriguez is already under contract for, from 2008-10 -- and perhaps $30 million a year. The highest per-workday salary earned to date is the $28 million Roger Clemens received, in prorated salary, for a little less than four months of work this season.

Olney: Yankees To Offer A-Rod Record Deal - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

[EmpireWF]

Will he still opt out and get an even higher deal?

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Maybe it should have a post season clause where they subtract a few million for a bad post season.

[Lefty Noob]

Hmm... is he worth this much? Don't get me wrong, he's a great player, but think of the other things you could do to improve your team with that kind of money. Just not sure spending it all on one guy, especially one with a history of choking in the postseason, is such a wise move.

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Hmm... is he worth this much? Don't get me wrong, he's a great player, but think of the other things you could do to improve your team with that kind of money. Just not sure spending it all on one guy, especially one with a history of choking in the postseason, is such a wise move.

That's not the point. A-Rod is a profit center. Whatever they spend on his salary, they get back in ticket sales (the Yanks didn't draw 4 million until A-Rod came to NY), YES network revenue, merchandise, etc...

If you were running a business and your best sales person brought in more 500 million dollars worth of revenue, it would be a cinch to pay him 300 million.

So without A-Rod, the revenue wouldn't be same to spend on other players.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

That's not the point. A-Rod is a profit center. Whatever they spend on his salary, they get back in ticket sales (the Yanks didn't draw 4 million until A-Rod came to NY), YES network revenue, merchandise, etc...

If you were running a business and your best sales person brought in more 500 million dollars worth of revenue, it would be a cinch to pay him 300 million.

So without A-Rod, the revenue wouldn't be same to spend on other players.

See while I admire the take, especially in a free market economy, the impact on baseball is not that...Owners will not follow that simple marketing philosophy and neither will players.

A guy with 20 homers will come up and say, because I hit 20 I am worth 1/3 of A-Rod so I want 10 million...and he will get it...though he does not generate a proportionate amount of revenue.

So A-Rod, as much as a like him and feel that he is worth the money from a revenue view point, is bad for baseball salaries as a whole and thus bad for the game.

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

See while I admire the take, especially in a free market economy, the impact on baseball is not that...Owners will not follow that simple marketing philosophy and neither will players.

A guy with 20 homers will come up and say, because I hit 20 I am worth 1/3 of A-Rod so I want 10 million...and he will get it...though he does not generate a proportionate amount of revenue.

So A-Rod, as much as a like him and feel that he is worth the money from a revenue view point, is bad for baseball salaries as a whole and thus bad for the game.

That's true. And that's the reason games don't start until 8:30 at night and half the country is asleep by the seventh inning - because the networks
needs to maximize their revenues to pay these salaries. And the late times bring in the most ad revenue.

[vincesanity82]

The New York Daily News is all over the Alex Rodriguez story, today reporting that the Yankees plan to offer A-Rod an five-year, $140 million extension on top of the $81 million Rodriguez is already owned over the next three years:
Industry sources believe the Yankees will offer a five-year extension to A-Rod's current contract at between $26 million and $30 million a year.

It appears the main point of contention between the Yankees and A-Rod's agent, Scott Boras, is the basis for valuing the contract extension. The Yankees apparently feel that basis should be the annual average value of A-Rod's current contract - $25 million. Boras contends that because Rodriguez will be earning more than $30 million in each of the final two years of the contract, $30 million per should be the starting point of a new deal.

Yankees to Offer A-Rod $140 Million? - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

[EmpireWF]

This is going to be an interesting ten days (assuming Boston sweeps tonight). The Yanks will be desperate to keep him while Boras will be desperate to pinch as much money as possible.