Stay-Rod?

The ground may be shifting under A-Rod's feet.

The $350 million that Boras was pushing for may not happen--not even close.

The reason?

Take the Yankees out of the equation, all of a sudden . . . the Red Sox have Lowell, the Mets have Wright, the Cubs are for sale, the Dodgers seem less interested, and so the Angels are, sans Yankees, bidding against themselves.

$350 million? At the moment A-Rod would do well to find someone to pay him the 25 mil a year he walked away from.

Re-enter the Yankees, who would have been happy to pay A-Rod $300 mil, saw him walk away, now see him come back.

Okay, say the Yanks.

But two things.

First, opting out put us 21 mil in the hole. We'll give you the original 300 mil in theory, but that 21 mil comes out of your end, not ours.

So 300 rounds down to 275.

Second, we talk to you, and you alone. Boras is out of the room.

Interesting.

Full story here.