The Escape Clause
A-Rod can opt of his bombshell contract at the end of next season. He will have two years left on the contract at that point and will have minimum another 5 good years left in him. Do you think he and Scott Boras aren't paying attention to the mad money being thrown around this off-season - see Alfonsio Soriano, Juan Pierre, Sarge Jr. - and aren't drooling at what he will fetch? Sure, he won't snag the same $25 million per, but he's looking at another long-term deal. Six years is my guess at $20 million per. No way he doesn't opt out or negotiate an extension with the Yankees.