As a Yankee fan, I can honestly say it is time to trade ARod

[4BiddenKnight]

Re: As a Yankee fan, I can honestly say it is time to trade ARod

Ya know, I wish some of you who had teams involved in pennant races did have him so you know what I was talking about. All you guys see is the numbers, but baseball is all about situational hitting, something that which ARod is terrible. Yes, he's going to hit 35 Homers and knock in 120 RBI's. And the last time he hit less than 40 homers was in '04, as a Yankee. Before that, you gotta go all the way back to '97, in which he hit 23 homers. My point is the guy is getting paid WAY too much money for what he's worth and everyone thinks he's awesome. His stock is still high, so take him off our hands, take his bloated salary, we'll take Oswalt or Wells' salary, and we'll see who's happier in October.

You can say what you will, but almost everyone I know in the NY City area agrees with me. Yes, we, as Yankee fans, are spoiled by the money our organization can dish out for top players. But when the highest paid player by far cannot come up with a clutch hit ever (or even a sacrifice fly), he shouldn't be the highest paid player. As I said, he is worth no more than $10 mill per year, and that is generous. There are at least 20 people in the league I'd pay higher than ARod. At least, meaning probably more.

Dude, baseball is a game of stats individually. You hit .300, you're a good hitter. You hit 30-40 HRs per year, you're a power hitter. You win 20 games as a pitcher, you are a hell of a pitcher. You drive in 100 runners, you're valuable to the team. Clutch? Well that's the only other part that's important which is not covered by stats.

Basketball, unlike baseball, is not a game solely of stats. You can have Steve Francis padding stats and your team rounds up with a 33-47 record. This is because basketball isn't dictated by just that one event, it's dictated by a flowing series of events. Baseball, however, is dictated by one event, by one event. For instance, I pitch a ball, and it's a ball, that's one event. That's already one pitch count and one ball printed on your resume.

[SPTO]

Re: As a Yankee fan, I can honestly say it is time to trade ARod

I saw most of the game tonight and Arod was just BRU-TAL! at the plate. Honestly, I don't think i've ever seen him struggle so much in his career before.

[elicoleman]

Re: As a Yankee fan, I can honestly say it is time to trade ARod

0 for 5, 4 Ks....send him to Columbus.

Screw that, make it Staten Island.

[ehh]

Re: As a Yankee fan, I can honestly say it is time to trade ARod

He had 8 K's in his last 9 AB's before grounding out in the 8th when he was in an 0-2 hole.

[SportsTop]

Re: As a Yankee fan, I can honestly say it is time to trade ARod

People I would take over ARod:

Roy Halladay
Vernon Wells
Johan Santana
Albert Pujols
Andruw Jones
Ryan Howard
Miguel Cabrera
David Ortiz
Manny Ramirez
Alfonso Soriano (shouldn't have traded in the first place)
Paul Konerko
Jim Thome
Travis Hafner
Vlad Guerrero
Nomar Garciaparra
Aramis Ramirez
Miguel Tejada
Carlos Beltran
Justin Morneau
Lance Berkman


I would take all 20 of those guys over ARod. Maybe 1 or 2 I'd second guess, but for the most part, this entire list is worth more than ARod.

And this list is why you would absolutely suck as an owner or GM.

Could you get more for your team this year if you traded ARod? Possibly. But there is no way, long term, that even three of those players justify trading him.

ARod is likely going to amass 3,500+ hits, break the home run record, break the RBI record, and take your pick amongst various others. None of the players on that list are likely to approach those records save Pujols.

Strictly from a business standpoint it makes zero sense to trade ARod because of the long-term value he adds to your team in merchandising and television revenue he is going to bring to the Yankees (or any team he is with).

The guy is having his first "off" year (if you want to call it that) and everyone wants to dump him.

Laughable.

Let me guess.....you would've traded Barry Bonds back when he was having incredible regular seasons but struggled through the playoffs as well, right?