A-Rod's agent is campaigning for his client with more vigor than presidential candidates in Iowa, presenting his platform and hinting, with the same talking points, that the third baseman will opt out of his contract in conversations with Jack Curry and Mark Feinsand and Kat O'Brien and Ron Blum and others.
It's possible that
Scott Boras is rattling this threat to create as much leverage as he possibly can before the opt-out date, to drive any forthcoming offer from the Yankees -- and then he'll make the best deal he can with New York. We saw a similar tactic last year in the
Daisuke Matsuzaka negotiations with Boston, when Boras was restricted, by rule, to talking to only the Red Sox. He harped on what a unique talent Matsuzaka is, how he had unique value, and threatened to take him back to Japan, before capitulating, in the end.
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Buster Olney
