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Yankees Want Rodriguez to Stay, but Won’t Sweeten His Deal
洋基希望A-Rod能留下來,但並不打算調薪

TAMPA, Fla., March 21 — Alex Rodriguez has often said he is proud of his
contract, and it is easy to see why. It is not only the richest deal in
baseball history, but it provides him a chance to make still more money for
even more years.

A-Rod總說他相當滿意他的合約,原因顯而易見,這合約不只打破大聯盟歷史紀錄,同時也
讓他有機會在未來的幾年拿到更多的摳摳...

Rodriguez, the Yankees’ third baseman, seems destined to play this season
against a backdrop of speculation about the clause that allows him to opt out
of his 10-year, $252 million deal after this season. The latest issue arose
Wednesday — the Yankees’ only day off during spring training — when
General Manager Brian Cashman said he had no plans to extend Rodriguez’s
contract to keep him from leaving.

洋基的當家三壘手A-Rod本季必然要思索是否該使用選擇權,中止這10年2億5千萬的合約
,根據最新消息,Cashman並未計畫運用調薪的方式留住A-Rod.

“It’s the same thing with Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada and all the other
guys,” Cashman said in a telephone interview. “He’s got a significant
contract he’s earned, and we hope he stays.”

Cashman說:不止A-Rod.....Mariano Rivera,Jorge Posada及其他人亦然,A-Rod早已取
得一只肥美大合約,如今我們希望他能留下來

Cashman, who first conveyed the strategy to Sports Illustrated’s Web site,
had already said he would let Rivera and Posada play out the season before
deciding whether to bring them back. Rivera, the closer, and Posada,  the
catcher, are unsigned past 2007.

Cashman同時也說,待球季結束後,他會讓Rivera and Posada好好思索是否要回鍋

Rodriguez is signed through 2010, but that may be only a technicality. He is
scheduled to receive $27 million each season in 2008, 2009 and 2010. If he
does not exercise his opt-out clause and decides to stay with the Yankees, he
can still choose to become a free agent after 2008 unless the Yankees
increase his salary to $32 million for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

A-Rod的合約到2010年(理論上),但他希望從2008年起能調高年薪至2千7百萬,如果今年結束後
A-Rod並不打算使用選擇權而留在洋基,2008年後,他仍可選擇變成自由球員,除非洋基將其
年薪調高至3千2百萬...

Rodriguez’s agent, Scott Boras, said he had no plans to speak with Cashman
about the contract until after the season.

Arod的代理人Scott Boras說:球季結束前,A-Rod似乎並未計畫要和Cashman洽談合約的相關事宜

“Alex has directed me that there is not going to be any discussion about his
contract status until after the season is over,” Boras said in a telephone
interview. “We’ve not had any contractual discussions with the Yankees
about Alex other than when we first negotiated the contract to bring him here.
”
至少在球季結束前,不會與Cashman有任何合約上的談論,不僅如此,自從A-rod來到洋基後,
我們就從未與球團進行過合約問題的探討..

Boras was referring to the trade in February 2004 that sent Rodriguez to the
Yankees from the Texas Rangers, who included $67 million in the deal. Asked
if he would use the opt-out clause to seek a raise or a contract extension
after this season, as the Yankees believe, Boras said, “I’m not going to
address anything about that.”

以前的事就別提了

Rodriguez said at the start of spring training that he wanted to stay with
the Yankees for the rest of his career, and he repeated last week that he was
“100 percent” committed to staying in New York. However, he made those
comments after an interview with the radio station WFAN in which he suggested
that the fans and the front office would have to make him feel wanted for him
to come back.

A-Rod自己則說:打從春訓開始他就打定主意今後留在洋基,上禮拜他又重申他是百分之百的
洋基人,然而在他宣示效忠後,又於WFAN電台放炮...認為洋基球迷和高層應該表示善意,讓
他覺淂自己是被洋基所需要的...

Cashman said he was not worried that Rodriguez’s contract would be a
distraction this season.

Cashman則持樂觀的態度看待A-Rod的合約,認為這問題並不會困擾他...

“He’s under contract; he can opt out of it if he wants,” Cashman said. “
That’s really his decision. It has nothing to do with us. There’s nothing
we can do about it. It’s something he negotiated. If it becomes a
distraction, it’s because it’s part of his deal. He controls that and no
one else.”

Cashman補充到:選擇權在於A-Rod,我們無能為力,這遊戲規則早在當初簽約時就已訂下了,
如果今後合約談判破裂,也是當初的合約造成的,A-Rod對合約擁有絕對控制權.(感覺在踢皮球)

For all the drama Rodriguez seems to create, he has produced at a high level
for the Yankees, winning the 2005 American League Most Valuable Player award.
If the Yankees flatly tell him after this season that they will not extend
his deal or give him a raise, they could risk losing him and having to
replace him as a right-handed threat in the lineup.

一切就是這麼戲劇性,A-Rod已於洋基造就不凡身價-贏得2005年美聯MVP,如果洋基於本季結束後
告知A-Rod球團不打算調薪,洋基隊即將冒著失去這名大砲的風險,並要傷腦筋找誰填補他的位置

The risk for Rodriguez, 31, is mainly to his legacy. If he becomes a free
agent, the teams in Los Angeles and Chicago, among others, would probably be
interested in offering him deals lasting much longer than three years. But if
he left after professing his love for New York, it would strike some fans as
dishonest.

A-Rod本人則要小心離開洋基所帶來的後遺症,如果他變成自由球員,洛城與芝加哥等大城市球團必定
摩拳擦掌等著網羅他,到時合約可能就不止三年了,然而昔日信誓旦旦說愛洋基,則可能變成笑柄...


The one certainty, of course, is that Rodriguez will remain very rich. But it
also seems clear that the issue of his future will hover over him and the
Yankees for this year and perhaps beyond.

唯一可以確定的是,A-Rod仍然是有錢的要命...而合約的新聞,今年恐怕會持續在A-Rod與球團間打轉...
甚至炒上好幾年...

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推 KYSR:感恩
推 krara:希望他能留下來，但似乎不是那麼一回事= =
推 kdashli:除非本季大爆發..不然他球季完若堅持調薪會被噓死吧.....
→ kdashli:原本合約已經是史上最高了! 還能待在洋基 很好了..
推 saandwe:希望他專心打球.有好成績一切好談
推 poqwer:說實在，以A-Rod的表現，經理的確不需要傷腦筋一定要留下~
推 funkie:壞就壞在他過去實在是太好了 萬一一放掉馬上大爆發........
推 Tzylu:不一定要留他? 三壘出現大洞找誰補 Cabrera還是Wright? 我還
→ Tzylu:真看不出不留他有啥好處
→ star01:他會不會想出去當SS 又能拿更多$$
推 economist:hm $hort $top
推 peegoo:他的表現?? 今年似乎還沒開始阿 以他過去的表現不留下??
→ peegoo:他過去的表現只能用神來形容吧...
→ peegoo:別被紐約的鄉民騙了 他還是我心中最強的SS 守三壘委屈了他
推 PURELOVEGAE:也不想想 A-rod 在洋基是拿多少薪水...
→ PURELOVEGAE:以他的薪水來看  很明顯是洋基賺到...
推 akujiki:今年拿個MVP來續約吧XD
推 upscom:棒球板的那篇 = = 還好我有來板上看
推 bigsun0709:2008年對洋基來講..要談的薪資多的要命阿!不過市場也是
→ bigsun0709:有一堆大魚! Zambrano Nathan Ichiro
推 VaROne:Twins 有 Nathan 08年 option。