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Well, the number of guys who can command $20+m can be counted on one hand.

A-Rod has pretty much followed the money. He took $25.2m/yr. to go to Texas from Seattle, and it left the team so unable to pay anyone else they languished in last place the whole time he was there, even though he put up big numbers individually. The move to NYY was great for him because it put him in a larger media market where he can pull in bigger off-field money as well. Plus, the Yankees left the Rangers holding the bag on a lot of his salary. When A-Rod opted out of his contract, he got only a little more, but it cost the Yankees a whole lot more because they lost their contribution from the Rangers. It was a public relations debacle for a guy who is already not the darling of NYY fans he'd like to be, so in my book he blew it. He probably cost himself more in off-field money than he got in additional Yankees salary.

But with the paychecks he gets, I doubt he feels any pain.
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