A-Rod goes 1-4 with a RBI & the team defeats the Rays 6-3.
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If he plays for another team he'll still get paid the remaining 27 million, 6 mil this year & 21 next year.
The team that signs him if he plays again will pay him league minimum say $500,000 for example &
that's $500,000 less the Yankees will be obligated to pay him.
I read in today's paper that the Marlins platoon at first base & that Arod would be an
upgrade over the righthanded hitter at first. Arod and the Marlin owner are very close.
It sure would be good for attendance & 4 more homers should be no problem if he
started 25 of the remaining games. Bat speed they say is still there.
When Rodriguez sprinted out to third base at the start of the ninth inning, the crowd erupted once again. On a night of drama, this might have been the most dramatic moment of all. On the big video screen in center field, Rodriguez could be seen breathing heavily as if even he were exhilarated, and perhaps unnerved, by the moment.
The moment, however, lasted just one batter. After Dellin Betances struck out Mikie Mahtook, Girardi sent Ronald Torreyes out to replace Rodriguez, allowing the 41-year-old superstar to bask in one more ovation as the crowd chanted "Thank you, A-Rod!''
Rodriguez accepted hugs from all his teammates, waved his cap to the crowd and entered the dugout, where Girardi was waiting for him on the top step. And then he was gone -- 12 seasons, 351 home runs and 1,096 RBIs -- after it all began as the crowd chanted his name. Many of them then headed for the exits before Betances could nail down the final out of the game. They had seen what they came to see. The rest was just bookkeeping.
The moment, however, lasted just one batter. After Dellin Betances struck out Mikie Mahtook, Girardi sent Ronald Torreyes out to replace Rodriguez, allowing the 41-year-old superstar to bask in one more ovation as the crowd chanted "Thank you, A-Rod!''
Rodriguez accepted hugs from all his teammates, waved his cap to the crowd and entered the dugout, where Girardi was waiting for him on the top step. And then he was gone -- 12 seasons, 351 home runs and 1,096 RBIs -- after it all began as the crowd chanted his name. Many of them then headed for the exits before Betances could nail down the final out of the game. They had seen what they came to see. The rest was just bookkeeping.
