1. A-Rod: Signing the Best Player in Baseball
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2. Contents The Case Alex Rodrigues The Texas Rangers Evaluation Sources
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3. The Case
Analyzing a invesment decision whether Texas Rangers should spend 252 million dollars for the services of shortstop Alex Rodriguez.
The contract was for 10 years and worth 252 million dollars.
The signing was probably the most controversial sports contract of the past decade.
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4. Alex Rodriguez He became the youngest player in
Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft.
His third full season in the major,
he won batting title.
He is the third man in Baseball history who hit 40 home run and steal 40 bases in the same year.
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5. Alex Rodriguez Offensive Statistics
Year
Batting Average
RBA
Home Runs
Stolen Bases
SLG
AWARDS
2000
.316
132 41 15
.606
AS, MVP-3,SS
2001
.318
135 52 18
.622
AS, MVP-6,SS
2002
.300
142 57 9
.623
AS, MVP-2,SS
2003
.218
118 47 17
.600
AS, MVP-1,SS
2004
.286
106 36 28
.512
AS, MVP-14,SS
2005
.221
130 48 21
.610
2006
.210
121 35
.523
AS, MVP-13,SS
2007
.314
156 54 24
.645
2008
.302
103
.573
AS, MVP-8,SS
2009
2010
.270
100
125 30 14 4
.532
.506
MVP-10,SS
AS, MVP-15,SS
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6. The Texas Rengers 1998-2010 Tom Hicks
The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Established : 1971
League History : 2000 – Present Major League Baseball – American League.
Stadium
1994 – 2004  The Ballpark in Arlington (49200seats).
1972 – Arlington Stadium (42000seats)
Owner : 1989 – 1998  Richard Rainwater and George W. Bush.
Tom Hicks
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7. Net Cash Flow
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8. Evaluation
We came to the conclusion that the contract should bring value to the Texas Rangers.
We used the Discounted Cash Flow Analysis to estimate the value of the contract.
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9. Sources http://www.investopedia.com/university/dcf/
Chapter 9 Lecture Slides
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