A-Rod

[Loki]

detroitbasketball said:

I don't think Lowell will go to the Yankees.

He said during the season that he would definitely consider it.

[dkgojackets]

sportsbuck2745 said:

david said:

He won't go to the Yankees and, despite having a great year this season, is not close to A-Rod offensively.

He's infinately better when it comes to fielding and playing in the playoffs, though.

He has a lower postseason OPS than A-Rod, how is that "infinately (sic) better?"

Fielding yes (although A-Rod could probably still play a good shortstop).

[detroitbasketball]

loki1230 said:

detroitbasketball said:

I don't think Lowell will go to the Yankees.

He said during the season that he would definitely consider it.

Considering =/= going

[Freak93]

I think it would be bad for baseball if Lowell went to New York or perhaps re-signed in Boston, Anaheim, Etc.

[Loki]

freak93 said:

I think it would be bad for baseball if Lowell went to New York or perhaps re-signed in Boston, Anaheim, Etc.

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[Buzz Killington]

loki1230 said:

freak93 said:

I think it would be bad for baseball if Lowell went to New York or perhaps re-signed in Boston, Anaheim, Etc.

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Agreed with the question mark there. The Spinners would lose so many fans if they switched affiliations to New York, or Anaheim.

[Freak93]

I am just saying, a player like that can attract people to smaller market teams. It would be great for baseball to see a player of that caliber go to a smaller market team instead of getting a ton of money to be just another bat on a loaded team.

EDIT: To add, take Alex Rodriguez for example. David made a great point in saying if he went to Florida what he can do in helping them get a new stadium.

[JackTheRipper]

I've actually been around the guy enough to say that he's a decent guy, so I went with the contract. It's not his fault he gets paid that much, it's the owners. And I love how everyone jumps on his playoff performance when Wang got blown apart twice in one series and Clemens couldn't last 3 innings.

[Loki]

jacktheripper said:

I've actually been around the guy enough to say that he's a decent guy, so I went with the contract. It's not his fault he gets paid that much, it's the owners. And I love how everyone jumps on his playoff performance when Wang got blown apart twice in one series and Clemens couldn't last 3 innings.

Wang sucks. Simply put, he sucks, so don't even get me started on him. If there was a topic on him, please...he's so friggin' overrated it's unbelievable. Clemens was Torre's fault. He was hurt still and hadn't pitched in a month like...duh? No one's really jumping on his playoff performance either, he does suck. I'm sure some people go over board with it but...he's pretty terrible in the playoffs.

[dkgojackets]

how about those clutch double plays jeter grounded into

Did any yankee do anything vs cleveland?

[Loki]

david said:

how about those clutch double plays jeter grounded into

Did any yankee do anything vs cleveland?

david, it's not just one year we're talking about here. Everyone sucked this post-season with the exception of Phil Hughes. There's three other seasons that he did a good job sucking balls in the postseason for where Jeter, since we're using him, did great or at least better than A-Rod.

[JackTheRipper]

Damon was fairly consistent from what I remember. He's always been a tough out though.

[dkgojackets]

loki1230 said:

david said:

how about those clutch double plays jeter grounded into

Did any yankee do anything vs cleveland?

david, it's not just one year we're talking about here. Everyone sucked this post-season with the exception of Phil Hughes. There's three other seasons that he did a good job sucking balls in the postseason for where Jeter, since we're using him, did great or at least better than A-Rod.

07 he was better than Jeter. 2006 Arod did nothing I agree, although four game downswings happen. 2005 he had an OBP of .381, higher than Jeter. Nothing wrong with that. 2004 he went .421/.476/.737 in the ALDS and .258/.378/.516 in the ALCS where they gagged to Boston. Jeter was .200/.333/.233 when they gave away the three game lead. I just think the whole blame ARod is really unfair.

[JackTheRipper]

Honestly, it's just a case of "Pile on the guy with the biggest contract." He makes much money and puts up such good regular season numbers that people expect him to carry a team, no matter how flawed. It's almost like people expect him to be like Bugs Bunny in those old Looney Toons baseball cartoons.

[Sportsbuck]

loki1230 said:

Wang sucks.

;D

[detroitbasketball]

So media sources report A-Rod wants $350 million. Hm.

[Just Blaze]

detroitbasketball said:

So media sources report A-Rod wants $350 million. Hm.

wow, it looks like A-Rod's about to be the highest paid sports player in the WORLD. Boras' and A-Rod's asking price is waaaaaaay to high because over 70% of MLB teams cant afford him.

[dkgojackets]

silverblazer said:

detroitbasketball said:

So media sources report A-Rod wants $350 million. Hm.

Boras' and A-Rod's asking price is waaaaaaay to high because over 70% of MLB teams cant afford him.

it wont be too high until more than 97 percent of teams cant afford him.

[Leak2Troupe03]

I think $350 Mill is more than the Baltimore Orioles team payroll.

[Freak93]

leak2troupe03 said:

I think $350 Mill is more than the Baltimore Orioles team payroll.

Well he is better than that team when it doesn't count. So he obviously deserves that money.