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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.im glad hes playing so the Yankees are on the hook for his humongous contract. I hope the arbitrator shaves his suspension down to. the more the Yankees have to pay him the better.
But there is a nice fat luxury tax...There's no salary cap...
There's no salary cap...
so theres no cap. it doesn't mean the Yankees don't want out of that ridiculous contract they signed arod to. they owe him a boatload of money and it has affected their spending.
Yeah, they'll want out. But the Steinbrenners have shown that throwing around money at players like a drunken sailor has never been an issue. I don't think having to honor his contract while he's playing will affect their spending in the offseason.
It might. Even the almighty Yankees have a maximum aount of money they can spend, and the luxury tax is cumulative so getting out of A-Rod's contract in 2014 will save them a lot more than the roughly $20 million that would go to him. It could reset the luxury tax for them and pay long term dividends.Yeah, they'll want out. But the Steinbrenners have shown that throwing around money at players like a drunken sailor has never been an issue. I don't think having to honor his contract while he's playing will affect their spending in the offseason.
It might. Even the almighty Yankees have a maximum aount of money they can spend, and the luxury tax is cumulative so getting out of A-Rod's contract in 2014 will save them a lot more than the roughly $20 million that would go to him. It could reset the luxury tax for them and pay long term dividends.
Bottom line is this: Suspending A-Rod benefits the Yankees very much and make no mistake about it, those 2 parties despise each other. I honestly cannot think of an example of a team wanting one of their own players to be suspended so badly.
That's not necessarily true. The Yankees really want to get under the Luxury Tax threshold for 2014 so they can "reset" back to Year 1 in 2015. (The more consecutive years you cross the threshold, the higher your penalty is, so coming under the threshold every couple of years is very important). So that's a pretty big chunk of change they will save if they don't have to pay A-Rod. I actually hope he doesn't get suspended at all since every game he misses helps the Yankees.The Aroid suspension would only benefit the Stanks if he was suspended for life.
Hmmmmmmmmmm...... are you sure you think Ortiz belongs on the "players who have never used" list?We will see what happens with this silly union nonsense those damn unions screwing things up all the time. I don't understand how classy players who have never used like Albert Pujols, David Ortiz could even stand to be on the same field as Aroid the roiding Fraud roirder.
That's not necessarily true. The Yankees really want to get under the Luxury Tax threshold for 2014 so they can "reset" back to Year 1 in 2015. (The more consecutive years you cross the threshold, the higher your penalty is, so coming under the threshold every couple of years is very important). So that's a pretty big chunk of change they will save if they don't have to pay A-Rod. I actually hope he doesn't get suspended at all since every game he misses helps the Yankees.Hmmmmmmmmmm...... are you sure you think Ortiz belongs on the "players who have never used" list?