A Rod to announce retirement?

[Billy_Ball]

Yankees will be holding a Press conference later today regarding A Rod...

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/08/yankees-to-hold-press-conference-with-alex-rodriguez.html

 

[tdawg87]

He's taking his talents to Anaheim.

[Inside Pitch]

48 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

He's taking his talents to Anaheim.

The crazy thing is I can totally see him taking his talents to Miami...

[Ohtaniland]

He will be following Tex out the door. I'm pretty sure a buyout was negotiated. The Yankees are going through a rebuild with youth movement so A-Rod had to go. 

He's going to retire soon but stay with the club as an advisor.

[Robrock30]

Arod's final Game Friday to be Released Thereafter.

He's getting kicked upstairs to FO job.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

This situation matured him. He had more poise today than he ever displayed.  Would be funny if he jacked some bombs against Boston and two Friday to get to 700. 

[Ohtaniland]

He still gets paid $20M for next season. Yankees are moving forward with a rebuild. 

[Stradling]

Translation, we know we have to pay you, you aren't what you were, you've embarrassed us more than once with your HGH shit, and most importantly we have better options to take your place.  Take your money and go home to Tampa.

[Ohtaniland]

6 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Translation, we know we have to pay you, you aren't what you were, you've embarrassed us more than once with your HGH shit, and most importantly we have better options to take your place.  Take your money and go home to Tampa.

Smart move for both parties. He's no longer helping the team on the field so it opens up a roster spot. 

[Stradling]

Yep, I agree.  I can't wait for the Angels to have those options.  A few more good drafts and a couple of solid free agents along with some international signings and we will be a team with real options.  

[Ohtaniland]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yep, I agree.  I can't wait for the Angels to have those options.  A few more good drafts and a couple of solid free agents along with some international signings and we will be a team with real options.  

We missed our opportunity to build up our farm during last years deadline. Dipoto quit and left everything in a flux. 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

25 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Translation, we know we have to pay you, you aren't what you were, you've embarrassed us more than once with your HGH shit, and most importantly we have better options to take your place.  Take your money and go home to Tampa.

I don't think it's as callous as you honks want it to be.  But we will see Jan 1, 18 if he remains with the Yanks in any capacity. 

[FabulousFabregas]

Trade Lincecum for A-Rod.  Then A-Rod could get to his 700th home run against Lincecum in a couple weeks for us.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, SoToSpeaks said:

I don't think it's as callous as you honks want it to be.  But we will see Jan 1, 18 if he remains with the Yanks in any capacity. 

I don't really mean to be callous but have you seen the comments from Cashman a couple years ago?  The relationship between him and the team has been shit for years, and it's all his doing.  If you want to see how his teammates feels about him watch the highlight of his 3,000th hit, it's pretty telling. 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

9 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I don't really mean to be callous but have you seen the comments from Cashman a couple years ago?  The relationship between him and the team has been shit for years, and it's all his doing.  If you want to see how his teammates feels about him watch the highlight of his 3,000th hit, it's pretty telling. 

Then and now. Two different times.  We will see. 

[Stradling]

Well Soto, I like hero stories not goat stories, so I would much rather see him go out in a good light, so I truly hope you are right.  

[m0nkey]

We'll be hearing and seeing stories of him attempting a comeback in 2018

[California Cajun]

1 hour ago, SoToSpeaks said:

This situation matured him. He had more poise today than he ever displayed.  Would be funny if he jacked some bombs against Boston and two Friday to get to 700. 

I'll bet the Yankees didn't want him to hit 714 and tie Babe Ruth.  He's only 18 away.  

[bloodbrother]

Arod for Angels manager after Sosh is fired

[Stradling]

Those post game comments would be even more unbearable.  

[mp170.6]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

Translation, we know we have to pay you, you aren't what you were, you've embarrassed us more than once with your HGH shit, and most importantly we have better options to take your place.  Take your money and go home to Tampa.

I bet the comments about A-Rod being an "advisor" to the team are nothing short of BS.  Why would they want him around at all?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

2 hours ago, CALZONE said:

He still gets paid $20M for next season. Yankees are moving forward with a rebuild. 

I knew that he wasn't giving up any money. "Special advisor" is today's way of kicking a player off the roster while still paying him.

[Dick B Back]

1 hour ago, California Cajun said:

I'll bet the Yankees didn't want him to hit 714 and tie Babe Ruth.  He's only 18 away.  

At the rate he's going, to hit 18 more, they would have had to give him a 5 year extension and the Yanks weren't going there.

[Angelsjunky]

The timing makes no sense. Why not finish the year, or even play another month, and get to 700 HR? Assuming he won't hit 4 HR in the next five games, of course.

[Dick B Back]

Don't the Yanks have to pay him some kind of bonus for hitting 700 or are his bonuses set up for passing people on the HR list? Can't remember.