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He would double their payroll by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #3 Mon Oct 29, 2007 at 02:46:08 PM EST

He's just not worth it at 30 million a year or whatever he'll get. Sure - he's the best player in the game right now, but I'd rather sign 2 great FA's at 15 mill a year or 3 at 10 than one Arod at 30. I can't imagine that the rest of the players on the team won't resent him when they look at their measly 2 million a year contract. That's why he was such a perfect fit for the Stinkees as 90% of that team is overpaid.

Plus - look at the Texas teams he played for. They never even made the playoffs and couldn't wait to unload his contract to the Yankees.

No sir - pAyrod just isn't worth it.

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: They gave Meche by jayhawk88 (2.00 / 0) #4 Mon Oct 29, 2007 at 03:17:39 PM EST

$11 million a year and nobody around here seemed to mind. Granted that's a big difference from $30 large a year but still, superstars getting big contracts isn't exactly anything new in baseball, I don't think players really tend to "resent" guys that hit big paydays.
It would make a pretty big statement that the Royals are "playing for real". Yeah Texas sucked with A-Rod but they also had terrible pitching and not really that much help in their lineup.
I've got no delusions here: No way the Royals can probably afford to drop that kind of money on one player, and they won't. Teams like Cleveland have shown that if you can't get your payroll above $100 mil, the right way to go is to get young, underrated bats and throw most of your money at your pitchers.
I'm just saying that in jayhawk88 Fantasyland, this could work. The Royals have a brand spanking new TV deal, and have historically drawn significant fan interest from 4 or 5 states. KC will absolutely support a winning ballclub, and with A-Rod in the lineup would put 35k a night in Kauffman easy. KC is getting a new manager, is this off season making some new renovations to Kauffman, and has a good solid lineup and at least the possibility of a solid 4 man starting rotation in Bannister, Meche, Grienke and Davies. Kauffman isn't exactly Minutemaid or Coors Field, but it is hitter friendly: Hell Steve Balboni once hit 36 homers for us, George Brett had over 300 career homers, A-Rod could get 60 easy.

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: arod has a habit of choking too by cam (2.00 / 0) #6 Mon Oct 29, 2007 at 05:09:31 PM EST

the greg norman disease. There are less consistent players that are capable of stepping up to the plate when arod cant - bonus, they are cheaper too.
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