Yankees in discussions with A-Rod

Two weeks removed from opting out of his contract and testing free agent waters, Alex Rodriguez has turned back to the New York Yankees and wants to be a member of the team for a fifth year.

Rodriguez and his agent, Scott Boras, were reportedly looking for a 10-year deal worth in the neighborhood of $350 million. However, the 32-year old third baseman did not draw too much interest due to his astoundingly high price-tag, and now will most likely make even less money than he would have had he not opted out of his contract with the Yankees.

Still, for New York to officially get a deal done with A-Rod, they want Boras out of the picture, meaning Rodriguez would have to fire him. Either way, Yankees' radio announcer John Sterling said that on a scale of 1-to-100 on whether the MVP candidate would return to the Bronx, the answer is 101.

Because New York was preparing for Rodriguez to walk, they had talks with the Florida Marlins about Miguel Cabrera, but the discussions were not very serious and the Marlins were asking for much more than the Yankees were willing to play. New York was also reportedly showing interest in free agent Mike Lowell, although most fully expect Lowell to return to the Boston Red Sox. However, now that A-Rod is back in the picture, don't look for the Yankees to pursue either of those two avenues any longer due to the fact that Cabrera would cost way too much in return and Lowell is 34 years old.