And they're right.
Maybe Boras didn't have a grand conspiracy planned with everything that's happened with Alex Rodriguez this off-season, but he's not damaged beyond repair.
And, you can argue the Yankees caved in.
I'll acknowledge, as Jerry Crasnick seems to say and Mike said in conversation yesterday, there are no losers.
The Yankees win because A-Rod signed a deal they wanted to offer, and Boras gets egg on his face, even if he'll have $14 million of napkins to wipe it off with (his expected commission).
A-Rod wins in again getting a record-setting contract, one that'll take him beyond his most-productive-if-substance-free years.
Boras still gets a huge contract and can spin that the Yankees, not him or his client, blinked.
And nobody should be bitching about the Yankees' contracts. Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera have been at the top of their respective pay scales for years. Posada was the best offensive catcher in baseball last year (and one of the top six or seven AL hitters), and probably for the decade. Rivera, in a down year, was still a top-tier closer with more endurance than the young guys (outside of maybe the overworked Huston Street).
A-Rod? He deserves the money, if one guy's to get it. Fairly young, far and away the best offensive player. Forget the counting stats -- you can have big numbers aided by a big offensive era. A truly dominant player leads his league in categories regardless of numbers. A-Rod has done that as well as anyone in the post-1992 home-run/steroid era: HR (five times), RBI (2), AVG (1), R (5), SLG (3), OPS (2).
OK. Enough negativity.
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