NEW YORK -- While New York Yankees officials prepared to gather in Florida to determine the fate of manager Joe Torre, Alex Rodriguez was in California to consult with agent Scott Boras on his negotiating strategy.
A-Rod and Boras began talks on Sunday, and the agent said the star third baseman will remain in California for several days.
"We plan to spend a lot of time together in the next week," Boras said Monday.
Rodriguez has until the 10th day following the World Series to decide whether to opt out of his record $252 million, 10-year contract and become a free agent. The Yankees plan to offer him an extension and say they would drop out of talks if A-Rod opts out.
"We're going through reams of information now and looking at the baseball side, the economic aide, the future of his family and what their goals are, putting all that into the landscape of what decision he's going to make," Boras said.
Rodriguez is guaranteed salaries of $24 million in each of the next three seasons from the Yankees, who receive $21.3 million from Texas as part of the 2004 trade that brought A-Rod to New York. If Rodriguez opts out, the Yankees would lose that subsidy.
Boras said he isn't sure whether the Yankees' decision on Torre will be factored into Rodriguez's thinking.
"That's not a question I've ever asked Alex," Boras said. "Alex enjoyed playing for Joe. Certainly his entire tenure in New York was with Joe and it's really all he knows as a Yankee. He was an advocate of Joe's as a manager."
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