In today's mandatory A-Rod rumor, the New York Daily News has A-Rod settling for $275 million spread over 10 years. That $21 million less than what he could have gotten if he hadn't declared for free agency (and $21 million Texas won't have to pay over the next three years).Word is the contract will be announced once the Yankees close with Mariano Rivera (3 years $45 million).

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