Letters to the Editor
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All Logical Except for One Thing
The Yankees were willing to give A-Rod a raise and made a generous initial offer to extend his contract prior to the opt out. Boras made a mistake. The Yanks took A-Rod back but for some $20,000,000 less than they originally offered to offset the money that the Yanks were getting from the Rangers. The Rangers are the big winners, A-Rod and Boras are losers in that they didn't maximize the contract while the Yanks are pretty much where they were before.
A-Rod is not the first to leave millions on the table - although to leave $20,000,000 for a couple of weeks of checking out the market is unprecendented. I remember when Nomar rejected a 4 years @ $15,000,000 per year extension from the Sox and decided to play out his contract year - 2004. He was traded mid-season and since then has played the last three seasons for $7,500,000 a year - not chump change but still half what the Sox offered.