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Originally Posted by ChuckElias
Why? Two words -- Scott Boras. If anybody in the Yankee front office thought that Boras would let A-Rod stay in that contract, then they still believe in the Easter Bunny, too.
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Well, I'll tell you my theory. The Rangers stood to gain $21M if A-Rod opted out. A-Rod stood to gain $72M if he opted in. The Rangers probably offered to split the $21M with him, and he can still get (better than) $72M from another team.
Of course, that would probably be illegal....