Arod traded to Yankees

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[YankeeMagic]

-Rod reportedly traded to Yanks Print story AIM story Email story FOXSports.com Posted: 2 minutes ago The Yankees and Rangers have an agreement in principle on a monster trade that will send shortstop Alex Rodriguez to New York in exchange for Alfonso Soriano, Newsday is reporting.

No announcement is expected Saturday since there are still a few minor details to work out, but both sides are confident those won't hold up the deal. Rodriguez, the AL MVP, would be moved from shortstop to third base by New York, seeking to fill the hole created when Aaron Boone hurt a knee last month in a pickup basketball game, an injury that will require surgery. Derek Jeter, the Yankees' captain, would remain at shortstop.

The Yankees are expected to send a minor-league pitcher along with Soriano to Texas to complete the deal.

[alancarp]

Sportsline.com: " The New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers have agreed to on a trade that will send Alex Rodriguez to the Bronx in exchange for Alfonso Soriano, SportsLine.com's Scott Miller has confirmed.

"According to a high-ranking source, an announcement is expected next week, as some minor details still need to be worked out. However, all sides remain confident everything will be finalized within a few days. The Yankees will send a minor-league pitcher to Texas as well."

[per loin]

What does that bring the 2004 payroll to?

[YankeeMagic]

well over 200 million...depends how the deal is put together....

[dtel]

I agree about the morons buying tickets, but this had to happen.
Yuo can't pay one guy 19 million a year if you are not willing to spend 150 million a year on the whole team.
A-Rod has been an anchor around the Rangers necks, once Tom 'Buy-em-out' Hicks, decided he couldn't run with the big dogs.
It will be necessary to undo everything John 'Slick' Hart has done the last three years.
The next step is to rid ourselves of Chan Ho as in "It's out of the Park", if this can be accomplished and Hart takes I-30 East, and Hicks sells the team to somebody with money and a plan, we will be alright.
Short term pain, notwithstanding.

[Senator Pardek]

Exxxxccccellent...

[RightWingNilla]

Fine trade Arod then. But get something in return. Soriano is a HUGE dropoff. Demand one of their pitchers for crying out loud. This has to be the most lopsided deal ever.

[Mr. Mojo]

Yep

[ilgipper]

I agree it is a drop-off, but they dumped the salary of the guy that was preventing them from any other significant upgrades. Soriano is a much, much better acquision than Manny Ramirez would have been. He has an entire career of 40-40 seasons ahead.

[Senator Pardek]

If Giambi finds his stride again, the lineup (save for second base) will resemble what you see at an All-Star game.

On the flip side - if they don't go all the way, they'll be goats...

[Mr. Mojo]

Yeah, but that's the way it always is --- it goes with the territory. Anything less than a WS title is failure. ....and that's the way I like it.

[RightWingNilla]

Soriano is a much, much better acquision than Manny Ramirez would have been. He has an entire career of 40-40 seasons ahead.

I live in NY, and I have seen a lot of the Yankees. Soriano is VASTLY overrated. Did you see the guy in the playoffs? He is horrible defensively and has no plate discipline whatsoever. And Soriano will have not have nearly the protection in the Rangers lineup that he had in NY. If you think this trade is good in any way for Texas, I have some swampland to sell you.

[dtel]

Soriano does have some value, Ramirez would have been replacing one anchor with another.
A couple of used bats and shag balls would have been adequate compensation for A-Rod as long as that salary goes away.

[Mr. Mojo]

What happened? ....This thread appears to be back in chat.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Yankees haven't won a World Series since Hillary Clinton won the Senate.

It's the ONE good thing she's ever accomplished!

[NYC GOP Chick]

Doesn't matter -- the Lakers are going to implode after this season.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Thought this might be of interest... ;)

[dtel]

After the season?
We are only halfway through this season and they appear well on the road to implosion.

[RightWingNilla]

You guys are comedians. Youre actually happy about this? Now I know how the situation in baseball has gotten so bad.

[NYC GOP Chick]

I know, but that's when all the fun *really* starts. Besides Kobe leaving (and that's gonna happen, even if it's not in shackles and an orange jumpsuit), Phool Jackson looks to be on his way out. More time to boff the boss's daughter, I s'pose... ;)

[NYCVirago]

I was looking for the big thread on this (the one I posted on only had a few comments.) It's the best news I've heard all month!