Tex turns down 8/140 from Rangers

[geschinger]

Texas dodged a bullet.

[BaltimoreTerp]

1) Here's hoping for a hometown discount

2) That just made not trading for him a LOT easier, because if he actually is playing hardball for Rodriguez money and therefore won't give us an HTD (no jokes, please ), NOT trading Bedard (or Cabrera-plus, for that matter) is looking REALLY good right now.

[mcgraw238]

I wouldn't even give him 8/140.

I tend to agree. Would you give ARod 25/year?

I'm not saying that's enough.

[Sports Guy]

I tend to agree. Would you give ARod 25/year?

I'm not saying that's enough.

Not for 8 years i wouldn't...I would give AROD a 5-6 year deal for that money though.

[Sports Guy]

Think if Texas had traded Tex last year and kept AGon and Young.

[mcgraw238]

Not for 8 years i wouldn't...I would give AROD a 5-6 year deal for that money though.

I agree. Though that's probably not going to get it done.

[Sports Guy]

I agree. Though that's probably not going to get it done.

For him to come here, we would have to put 8/250 on the table...at least.

[Delduck]

For him to come here, we would have to put 8/250 on the table...at least.

That's better then 31 mil per, for that kinda money I would pass and not think twice about it. IMO 25 per is absurd, I think sports in general is getting crazy with the mega contracts that are tossed about. I understand that if it were not for the players there would be no games but it is insane that a player makes sooooo much more then the President of the United States (regardless of party , so no political jokes). And I don't believe for one min. that you, SG, are advocating we pay/offer him that contract, I am just speaking in general.

[Sports Guy]

That's better then 31 mil per, for that kinda money I would pass and not think twice about it. IMO 25 per is absurd, I think sports in general is getting crazy with the mega contracts that are tossed about. I understand that if it were not for the players there would be no games but it is insane that a player makes sooooo much more then the President of the United States (regardless of party , so no political jokes). And I don't believe for one min. that you, SG, are advocating we pay/offer him that contract, I am just speaking in general.

Well i did say, i would only give him 5 or 6 years, so.....

[BaltimoreTerp]

That's better then 31 mil per, for that kinda money I would pass and not think twice about it. IMO 25 per is absurd, I think sports in general is getting crazy with the mega contracts that are tossed about. I understand that if it were not for the players there would be no games but it is insane that a player makes sooooo much more then the President of the United States (regardless of party , so no political jokes). And I don't believe for one min. that you, SG, are advocating we pay/offer him that contract, I am just speaking in general.

Actually, that is $31.25 million per...

[Hallas]

That's better then 31 mil per, for that kinda money I would pass and not think twice about it. IMO 25 per is absurd, I think sports in general is getting crazy with the mega contracts that are tossed about. I understand that if it were not for the players there would be no games but it is insane that a player makes sooooo much more then the President of the United States (regardless of party , so no political jokes). And I don't believe for one min. that you, SG, are advocating we pay/offer him that contract, I am just speaking in general.

25 mil/year is almost worth it.

31 mil/year comes close to breaking the principle of only going for top-tier free agents. And considering the complete lack of value that exists in the middle-tier free agents, that's saying a lot.

Yikes.

You think 6/200 will do it for ARod?

[geschinger]

25 mil/year is almost worth it.

If it was a short term contract it might, but considering the number of years ARod is likely to ask for whomever signs him will have made as big a mistake as the Rangers did in signing ARod originally.

[Hallas]

If it was a short term contract it might, but considering the number of years ARod is likely to ask for whomever signs him will have made as big a mistake as the Rangers did in signing ARod originally.

I personally think that they got a million times more value out of their ARod contract than they did out of their Chan Ho Park contract. If there was a backbreaker, it was the Chan Ho Park one.

At least ARod performed like a 15-20 million dollar player. Texas paid Chan Ho Park 65 million over 5 years and got a big fat zero for their money.

Edit: Also, the 26 million he received at the time he signed his contract is probably closer to 40 million a year in today's landscape.

[Ohfan67]

Texas dodged a bullet.

Absolutely. Hard to believe that the Rangers would go down the super contract road again.

[Baltimoron]

I know Tex could easily get more as a FA. But that is a LOT of money to turn down.

He probably reads OH and was like hells no, every Orioles fan loves me, they will pay me way more monies. Even Roy said Petey will. I'm out.