ALEX RODRIGUEZ: REVIEWING OUR PROJECTIONS

ALEX RODRIGUEZ

• Projected: 283 Avg, 37 Hrs, 116 RBI
• 2011: .276 Avg, 16 Hrs, 62 RBI
  

OK, I hate to say it, but with injuries all bets are off. From the word "Go", ARod was locked in it seemed, as he was clobbering the ball all over the place, in Spring Training. But, ARod had a meniscus tear in his knee that he decided to have surgery on July 7 to repair, thus destroying his chances of having an MVP caliber season. Injuries have hindered ARod since he signed his 10-year contract, as he's landed on the DL in each of the last four seasons. You combine that with postseason failures in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, and now 2011, we now have a bunch of angry fans who want him out. But the reality is that we're just going to have to accept the fact that ARod still has six more years left on his ridiculous contract, and with $143 million left on that deal, along with extra salary bonus' after each milestone homer from number 660 until number 763, there is no way the Yankees eat his contract. You can read all of A-Rod's salary info at Baseball Reference.




--Jesse Schindler, BYB Staff Writer




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