You heard me. And yes we have enough to offer. Give the Yankees Crede, Vasquez and a pitching prospect. Make them eat 6 million per year of the remaing portion of his contract. I think he's got 4 years left. And when you consider the Rangers are eating some of it that would mean we would have to pay A-Rod roughly 14 or 15 million per year for 4 more years. Crede gonna get about 12 million when he's deal is up and there's no guarentee we can sign him. The Yankees want to get rid of him. He can't stay in New York after 3 straight disasterous post seasons

--Yes, I know he's choked in the post season the last two years but I think the New York pressure has got to him. He actually did well in the post season with the Mariners.

--Chicago would fit him perfect because you don't have to live up to those unbeleivable expectations. We don't have the great tradition the Yanks have. A Rod would own this town.

--This would guarentee you won't lose those season ticket holders Jerry just got. He'd mean a consistant gate for the Sox. Last year was due to the wake of the championship. He brings in the casual fans and even the non baseball fans.

--He's 31. He'll be in his prime for the remainder of the contract. He could hit 50+ per year with us. Left field at Yankee statium is a bitch to hit homers.

--He'd be motivated as hell if he came here.

--You could move him to short and Josh Fields could play third. Or I'm not totally against leaving him at third and keeping Uribe.

--Some of you won't like this but I'll guarentee you that Kenny Williams will make a call to the Yankees this off season. I hope he pulls it off.

BD the Rangers are already paying half his contract and if you pick him up the Yankees would probably pay a quarter of the remaining half. That means the Sox would be responsible for less than $10M annually.

Sounds to me like everyone is dissing the value of Joe Crede while overvaluing A-Rod at this time. Joe Crede is one of the top overall 3B in all of baseball: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players?p ... league=mlb

If A-Rod was in fact the best player in MLB right now, this would not be a topic for discussion. Fact is in NY his swing has looked terrible for quite some time, his glovework at 3B has been awful (which is odd considering he was a very good defensive SS before he came to NY) and he is thought of as a club house cancer.

I'll bite TM...Crede has two years of arbitration left. If he does not sign a 3 year contract this offseason, there is no way in hell Boras will let him skip free agency. If he goes to free agency there is not way in hell the Sox sign him. Given these circumstances, he is at the height of his value from the Sox perspective. If that translates into ARod, then it is a no brainer. From the Yankees perspective, Boras usual assholery is not a problem as they will sign him if they want him. The Yankees are getting a relatively young, currently inexpensive, top 3B that they will be able to keep forever if they choose.

My sentiments exactly GD, thank you. I would add that a) I am worried about Crede's back--he not only took games off down the stretch but I did not think his swing looked very good in Sept.--and b) Josh Fields is waiting in the wings.

I should also note that A-Rod's upside is high despite all the negatives I noted. I agree with the original post that if you just brought A-Rod in and told him to play SS, we might just see the "old" A-Rod.