Does A-Rod's contract guarantee he is highest paid player?

Question:I keep hearing from people, and, subsequently keep telling people, that Alex Rodriguez's contract states that if any other player in MLB negotiates a higher salary than what he is getting he gets to re-negotiate his own salary. Is this true?

Answers:

Are angels in for long season? so far they cannot hit the ball!?

"Rodriguez may void after 2008 or 2009 unless club increases 2009-10 salary by $5M/year or $1M more than highest-paid MLB position player"

From details listed at Cot's Baseball Contracts: http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01...

He also has the option to void (essentially become a free agent) after the 2007 season.

Does the mizuno crush 2 softball bat tend to break or crack easily ?

yes its true.pretty lame but what can you do.

How do you think Ryan Howard will do this year since he hasn't hit 5 homeruns yet?

yeah he has to have one million dollars more than the second highest paid player.

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