One month into the new baseball season, and means its check-up time on baseball’s million dollar man, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
After last season’s prolific offense assault, Rodriguez opted out of his monstrous $252 million, 10-year deal. Of course that opt-out announcement came obnoxiously from agent Scott Boras during game 4 of the World Series. Unfortunately after giving an ultimatum the Yankees came groveling back.
Jump ahead to 2008 and A-Rod’s boosted salary in the Bronx stands at $28 million. That’s more than the his entire hometown team, the Florida Marlins who’s opening-day 33 man roster had a payroll of just $21.8 million.
So is that extra money paying off?
The Marlins have a two-game advantage over the Yankees thus far, and the men in pinstripes are sitting fourth in the AL East behind Tampa Bay and Boston.
It’s still too early to tell, but I’d say it looks like A-Fraud is making a return. Rodriguez is batting just .286, with 4 homers and a meager 11 RBIs. Oh, and he has a golden sombrero to his credit, coming against Kansas City. That stellar offensive production won’t improve any time soon with A-Rod’s sitting on the DL nursing a strained quadriceps.
Things might get worse before they get better in New York.
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