Why A Rod won't be traded

Well I personally think it would be retarded for the Yankees, the best sports franchise ever, to trade the best player in baseball. He just hit 2 huge milestones in Toronto, and all these sports writers are all back to make a big deal about his slump. The best reason for why he won't be traded come from Mark Feinsand over at the Yankees mailbag, yankeesmailbag@aol.com :

1) He is still one of the best players in the game. If the Yankees were looking to deal him, especially during his current struggles, they would not get fair value back for him. Besides, what is fair value for a two-time MVP who has 450 homers and 2,000 hits before his 31st birthday? Other than getting Albert Pujols (which won't happen) or Johan Santana AND Francisco Liriano (which won't happen), I can't think of another deal I would take.

Yes, he's struggling right now. But I don't believe that he can't handle the pressure of New York. He won the AL MVP award last year playing in the same uniform and in the same stadium in front of the same fans.

2) He has a no-trade clause. Like it or not, Rodriguez can veto any trade that is brought to him, and being as aware of his own image as he is, I find it hard to believe that he would waive his no-trade. That would be an admission that he can't handle what's going on in New York, and I don't see that happening.

3) Who would take his salary? There are only two or three teams that would take on the $16 million a year the Yankees owe him (assuming that they would throw in the money Texas gave them to take him in 2004, that is ... otherwise, it's $25 million per season), and two of those teams are the Mets and Red Sox. Do you think the Yanks would deal A-Rod to either of them? I think not.

The bottom line here is that he's not getting traded this year. Whether you like it or not, that's the way it is.