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Friday, January 25, 2013
He’ll do anything to protect that .300 batting average!
The arthroscopic surgery New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez had on January 16 to repair a torn labrum and impingement in his left hip went, according to a subsequent statement released by the team, “as planned and without complications.” While it’s anticipated A-Rod will return after the All-Star break, general manager Brian Cashman did not dismiss the possibility that Rodriguez would be sidelined the entire 2013 season.
“I think, because of the serious nature of the surgery and the condition that he’s trying to recover from, there is that chance,” Cashman told WFAN-AM in New York on Friday. “I would say it’s not going to be because Alex doesn’t do everything in his power to put himself in a position to get back, and be healthy and productive. He’ll do everything necessary and his part. It’s just will the success of the surgery and the condition that he has recover optimally as everybody expects, but there’s no guarantees in this stuff. Best-case scenario, yeah, he should be back. Worst-case scenario he won’t be back or there might be something in between. These are unique circumstances and new experiences injury wise that has a very small history behind it in the last decade or so.”
...Cashman also added that barring an unforeseen setback, Derek Jeter (ankle) will be ready, “without question,” for Opening Day.
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Posted: January 25, 2013 at 07:01 PM | 23 comment(s)
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1. Nasty Nate Posted: January 25, 2013 at 07:12 PM (#4355175)Worst-case scenario is that he's back but has lost so much range that he can't credibly play the field, his hitting is no better than it was after he came back in September of last year, and there isn't much chance of improvement. That would be a DH who hits 261/341/369 and is owed $114 million over the next 5 years. That's worse for the Yankees than an A-Rod who never plays again.
Second toughest job in sports next to Marina Sharapova's massage therapist.
A-Rod's resigning is possibly the worst baseball move I've seen and as a Yankees fan I have to say the circumstance under which it happened just makes it even worse and more baffling.
He was the GM of the Yankees.
I wonder what percentage of team payroll goes to insurance.
I don't see how it could be any other way. Insurance companies aren't charities, they do what they do because they can get more money in premiums, than they pay out. The point of insurance for the insured, is to prevent a situation that they can't afford. But any team can afford to eat a contract, and be ok. And with high risk assets like baseball contracts, you are basically guaranteed to end up paying more by insuring in the long run. Any baseball team that isn't self-insuring is fiscally retarded (or the insurance company is).
Didn't Boras openly brag that he bypassed Mr. Cashman entirely and called Randy Levine or Young Master Steinbrenner directly?
Basically a number of players had dropped out, and most insurers only want to hold ~3 million on any given contract. At that time it was almost impossible to get more than ~9 million in insurance.
But unless I'm mistaken ARod's contract is a specific exception.
I'm guessing the fact that his age was a factor. An insurer would probably feel more comfortable taking a risk on a 25 year old (his age when he signed with the Rangers) and even at 31 (age of his 2nd contact) he was still a reasonable risk.
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