Yankees to Release A.Rodriguez?

[weams]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidlariviere/2014/12/20/yankees-appear-ready-to-release-alex-rodriguez-by-memorial-day/

It?s almost as if they are giving him a good-faith gesture in allowing him an opportunity to show he can still hit after a year-long suspension for PEDs. However, if he?s hitting .220 with a homer and 10 RBI in the middle of May, the real plan is to hand him his walking papers by Memorial Day and eat the remaining $60 million or so on his contract which runs through 2017.

[SteveA]

As long as they gotta pay him I don't care what they do. Make him earn his keep selling peanuts in the stands. They already got a $25M gift from the league in not having to pay his salary last year.

But I guarantee that if they DO release him, there will be at least one thread on OH suggesting we pick him up to be our DH.

[Can_of_corn]

If they buy him out it doesn't change the luxury tax numbers for the years he had remaining right?

[weams]

If they buy him out it doesn't change the luxury tax numbers for the years he had remaining right?

Right. It does not.

And you wonder why they’ve maintained they are not interested in signing Max Scherzer to a $200 million deal? That stance seems legitimate considering the club’s current financial state. They also have a lot of dollars invested in aging vets Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltran through 2016.

Although the Yankee brass would never say it, it seems like the team is sacrificing the next two years until it can open some payroll slots.

[weams]

As long as they gotta pay him I don't care what they do. Make him earn his keep selling peanuts in the stands. They already got a $25M gift from the league in not having to pay his salary last year.

But I guarantee that if they DO release him, there will be at least one thread on OH suggesting we pick him up to be our DH.

And if he does well, at least two threads demanding that he be signed to a four year deal.

[Crazysilver03]

Can we change the name of thread? With the cutoff in the front page you don't see the question mark and think it is big news.

[Il BuonO]

As long as they gotta pay him I don't care what they do. Make him earn his keep selling peanuts in the stands. They already got a $25M gift from the league in not having to pay his salary last year.

But I guarantee that if they DO release him, there will be at least one thread on OH suggesting we pick him up to be our DH.

Bad idea?

[Frobby]

Reading the article, this appears to be pure idle speculation on the part of the author. Yes, it could happen that way, but there is no "news" in the article.

[scOtt]

I hate to say it but I fully expect him to come back and rake.

[Mendoza Line]

I hate to say it but I fully expect him to come back and rake.

Has he discovered a new undetectable chemical enhancement? Perhaps the same Ortiz is on?

[scOtt]

Has he discovered a new undetectable chemical enhancement? Perhaps the same Ortiz is on?

Lord knows he has the money to buy the best.

[Redskins Rick]

according to ESPN last night, A-Rod is expected to be full time DH for the stankees.

[scOtt]

according to ESPN last night, A-Rod is expected to be full time DH for the stankees.

Yeah, I wouldn't let him set foot on the field.

[Redskins Rick]

Yeah, I wouldn't let him set foot on the field.

Neither would I, then again, I wouldn't have signed him to that ridiculous contract either.

[scOtt]

If he's released, the claiming team only has to pay him the minimum, right? Yanks pay the big bucks.