A-ROD LIGHTNING POLE

Some guys all you do is: mention their names and you get immediate reactions to it.

I know I have my feelings about the guy too. Once you are tainted by drug suspicions or monkey juice, I immediately have my doubts about you too.

Back on December 30, of 2011. I wrote a blog about A-rod and just what he meant to the Yankees and baseball. As we look at the closing of the 2012 campaign, I see I am right about him, things have not changed and all that money stays locked into a player who’s dedication is minimal, his salary maximum, and likeability way off the charts!

“Rodriguez is considered one of the best all-around baseball players of all time. He is the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs, and the youngest to hit 600, besting Babe Ruth's record by over a year. Rodriguez has fourteen 100-RBI seasons in his career, a record. A-Rod is the all-time leader in home runs by a player of Hispanic descent.” Is what on wrote on December 30. 2011, and it still holds true, however the production is quickly ending, and I don’t see him getting any better, or improving very much on his numbers.

A-Rod has a reputation as a choker in the October (Now quickly becoming the November) classic. The Yankees at least guarantee you a post season, but can’t guarantee a visit to the World Series, especially with the high, over priced third baseman hunched over at his position, or when he is in the batter’s box.

So Brian Cashman has a dilemma, what do you do with all that money piled on third base that doesn’t seem productive anymore. It could go into a relief core of  pitchers that will hold a lead,

Time for the Yankees to find a way to buy out A-Rod’s contract, and stem some of the losses they will incur. He will be 42 when his contract expires in 2017. I keep wondering how many of those remaining five years will be productive? And maybe they better pay him off, and stay away from those bidding wars for some of these free agents once again. They just may find another A-Rod!