Rodriguez opts out of contract with Yankees: report
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New York Yankees' hard-hitting third baseman Alex Rodriguez has notified the club is opting out of the remainder of his record $252 million, 10-year contract, Sports Illustrated magazine reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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Robinson Cano and the New York Yankees were nearing agreement Thursday on a $30 million, four-year contract, a departure from the team's stance against giving multiyear contracts to young players.
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New York Yankees&#39; Alex Rodriguez knocks the ball out of the glove of Boston Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo, left, as first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz looks on during the eighth inning of Game 6 of the ALCS in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004.
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All that stands between Randy Johnson and the New York Yankees are a bunch of medical tests. The Big Unit and the Yankees reached a preliminary agreement Thursday on a &#36;32 million, two-year contract extension, leaving only a physical as the final step needed to finishing the drawn-out process of finalizing the trade Arizona and the Yankees agreed to Dec. 30.
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The Yankees have insisted for months that their deadline to re-sign Alex Rodriguez is his opt-out date, 10 days after the end of the World Series, but agent Scott Boras does not seem to believe that.
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Randy Johnson is on the verge of being traded to the Yankees as part of a three-way deal that also would include the Dodgers. A source confirmed for ESPN that the teams are close to agreement on the principal
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Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez, who signed baseball's biggest deal ever on the day the Mitchell Report on drug use in the sport was issued, on Sunday denied a suggestion by admitted steroids user Jose Canseco that he was guilty of doping.
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Andy Pettitte, who left the Yankees after the 2003 season, has agreed to a one-year, $16 million contract.
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Even in winter, there are baseball doubleheaders in New York. The Mets scheduled a news conference for Tuesday morning at Shea Stadium to announce their &#36;119 million, seven-year contract with center fielder Carlos Beltran. Three hours later at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees have summoned media to announce they have acquired Randy Johnson from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Alex Rodriguez set another record for baseballâs highest contract, finalizing his $275 million, 10-year agreement.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Published reports out of New York indicate the Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks have halted trade talks involving five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson.
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The New York Yankees have officially confirmed the departure of third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who told the on club Sunday he was opting out of the remainder of his record $252 million, 10-year contract.
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The Sporting News - DENVER -- The delicious thing about the World Series is that anybody who's a baseball busybody is here. You think Alex Rodriguez's agent, Scott Boras, the most powerful agent in the game, didn't know that when he announced A-Rod's opt-out Sunday night?
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Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have agreed on the framework of a 10-year, $275 million contract, New York media reported on Thursday.
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Alex Rodriguez set another record for baseball's highest contract, finalizing his $275 million, 10-year agreement with the New York Yankees on Thursday.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Randy Johnson and the Yankees  have reportedly come to terms on a two-year, $32 million  contract extension. That would allow the five-time Cy Young  Award winner to be traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to New  York.
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NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez isn't in the starting lineup for the New York Yankees' game against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.