$0 - Wouldn't take that choker under any circumstances.
6% (1 vote)
$League Minimum - I suppose he'd be better than Ronny Cedeno.
0% (0 votes)
$5 million with $1 million incentive for every round of the playoffs
12% (2 votes)
$20 million/avg - The Alfonso Soriano special, inflated a bit
18% (3 votes)
$25 million/avg - Same pay, just not in NY anymore.
18% (3 votes)
$30 million/whatever it takes - Greatest player of all time. (The Boras special)
47% (8 votes)
$Other
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 17
a clarification on my vote
I don't really think A-Rod is a choker, but it was the best option that suits my viewpoint. The Cubs don't really have room to pick up the kind of salary that A-Rod is going to require, and manage to continue to build a younger core team. It's my belief that the only way to win a World Series is to build a team that can remain competitive every year, as once you get to the playoffs, it's a total crapshoot in the 5 and 7 game series. Our team is already getting older - Lee, Soriano, DeRosa, Jones, and Lilly are all on the wrong side of 30 already. Luckily, of those, we only have Soriano signed for an absurdly long time.
Don't get me wrong; signing A-Rod would be awesome for the next couple of years if we could move him back to SS and without a doubt the kind of money you'd make off merchandising would help defray the costs, but he's not going to draw any additional fans to the park - the Cubs sell out practically all the games as it is. It'll only result in higher ticket prices for everyone...
But.....
we do need to save a little coin for some pitching