All that money.

"If Alex Rodriguez opts out of his contract after this season, the insist they won't try to re-sign him.

'How can we? We lose all our money from Texas,' Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday.

...

Rodriguez is owed $24 million in each of the next three seasons by the Yankees, with Texas offsetting about $21.3 million of that."

What $21 million is worth to the Yankees:

1. Rights to negotiate with Kei Igawa.
2. Two Pavano wins.
3. Three Clemens wins.