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Frizzer asked in SportsBaseball · 8 years ago

What Happens to A-Rod after the 2017 Season?

A-Rod is sitting on 647 career homeruns at this point and his contract with the Yankees is over after the 2017 season. Let's say that A-Rod is able to fight through his injuries, puts the drug issues behind him, and is able to hit another 100 homeruns by the end of 2017. That would put him at 747 career homeruns and just 15 behind the Barry Bonds number of 762. At this point A-Rod has no contract and has a shot to be the all time homerun leader. Should the Yankees, or any other team, sign him and give him a chance to pass Bonds?

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  • 8 years ago
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    I understand the question and where you're going with it but I have to believe that from this point on A-Rod's career is rather meaningless. His quest to brake a bogus home run record with his own bogus home run record would be pointless.

    The hall of fame seems so very distant for both A-Rod and Bonds. I'm not sure that people will even care about either one five or ten years down the road. The only reason A-Rod would have a job after 2017 is because some franchise hard up for ticket sales, would be willing to pay him just to put bodies in the seats.

    It's very unfortunate because with that kind of talent there was never any reason to cheat. Henry Aaron and Roger Maris are the respective home run champions and will remain as such until a future "clean" player proves that he is good enough to set a new record.

  • 8 years ago

    The Yankees have 0 interest in keeping A-Rod around for any amount of money.

    That being said, if A-Rod can continue to be productive, then a team should sign him. Unfortunately for A-Rod, teams often don't do what's in their best baseball interest, especially if they think that it will cause controversy. Remember that no one showed interest in Barry Bonds in 2008, despite hitting .276/.480/.565 with 28 HR in 127 games in 2007 and there being a number of teams with DH/LF openings.

  • faes
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    each and every thing is tainted for the final twenty years of baseball background with the now obvious and prevalent use of enhancers interior the sport. yet no, i do no longer think of you are able to pass decrease back and initiate taking issues away. you may spend the subsequent twenty years attempting to get it immediately. you need to pass decrease back to 88 and take the MVP from Canseco and provide it to Mike Greenwell, you need to take WS wins from the A's who had McGwire and Canseco, you need to take decrease back Bonds information,Clemens 2 20 ok video games, the 03 AL identify from the Yankees ( Giambi hit 2 HRs to seal the deal) yet my element is that's what occurred and you are able to't placed sh*t decrease back interior the donkey so shall we purely admit that each and every person communities and a TON of gamers have perpetually tainted the sport no longer in straightforward terms one team, ALL communities HAVE CLOSED EYES TO THIS FOR YEARS. Yankees, purple Sox, Giants and on and on

  • 8 years ago

    he might not be a yankee at 2014 season let alone they keep him at 2017 with his declined play.

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  • I doubt anyone would want him even the independent Baseball leagues.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    no one should care what this bum is doing in 2018 and fantasize a scenario like this when he's 42 years old.

  • 8 years ago

    They won't even want him by then

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