New trade talks: A-Rod for

**VonErich Lives** · 02-15-2004, 08:39 AM

The deals done, the Players union will aprove it, because A-rod's not taking a pay cut, where Soriano makes so much less, the Rangers were able to pick up a chunk of A-rod contract, unlike the Sox deal, where Manny makes 20million.

The Rangers get the better of the deal, they get a much younger, much cheaper, all-star. Free up alot of money, and they get a guy who almost went 40/40 the last 2 yrs.

This really doesn't scare me, the Yanks still need pitching, not hitting, and A-rod isn't a huge jump in power over Soriano. Soriano got on base, created runs, was an RBI... Will A-rod be the same player? probably not, more power, less of the speed. Instead of 2 and 3 run Homers, the Yanks will have a lot of Solo Homers.

Don't get me wrong, A-rod is one of, if not the best 5-tool player in MLB, I'm just not worried as a Sox fan...

02-15-2004, 08:39 AM	#11
VonErich Lives WTF do you want? Posts: 14,760	The deals done, the Players union will aprove it, because A-rod's not taking a pay cut, where Soriano makes so much less, the Rangers were able to pick up a chunk of A-rod contract, unlike the Sox deal, where Manny makes 20million. The Rangers get the better of the deal, they get a much younger, much cheaper, all-star. Free up alot of money, and they get a guy who almost went 40/40 the last 2 yrs. This really doesn't scare me, the Yanks still need pitching, not hitting, and A-rod isn't a huge jump in power over Soriano. Soriano got on base, created runs, was an RBI... Will A-rod be the same player? probably not, more power, less of the speed. Instead of 2 and 3 run Homers, the Yanks will have a lot of Solo Homers. Don't get me wrong, A-rod is one of, if not the best 5-tool player in MLB, I'm just not worried as a Sox fan...