Rangers Offered $140MM To Teixeira

Good luck signing him Atlanta.

$22M a year for Teixeira is ridiculous. $18M a year is even high in my book. Baseball has some serious problems.

that's not very comforting.

Like I said, he ain't gonna be in Atlanta's price range.

Hope you have the stomach to see him in a Yankee/Red Sock/Met/Oriole uniform come 2009, Braves fans.

or nom, this could just be about Tex wanting to get away from the Rangers. Hicks in an idiot and so is Daniels. That team will never win.

boras is a cancer to baseball.

yea, you'd think the players know what they're getting with him though. if you sign with boras, you know he's going to get you the most money possible no matter what. if you want to have some dignity and loyalty, you can pick another agent.

boras is an asshole though

WTF

The Pirates just traded Rajai Davis and the infamous PTBN for Matt Morris...

Why does Pittsburgh need Matt Morris?

The Braves could probably afford paying someone like Tex $20M a year come 2009, because honestly, who else will be clogging up the payroll by then? But the truth is this, they'll either trade him before the 2008 deadline or let him walk for the draft picks because they have Kala Ka'aihue coming up through the minors for right about that time. His line at High-A ball this season: .298/.410/.583 with 22 HR (43 total XBH) in 309 AB. Oh, and that's on the heels of a 1.072 OPS in 228 AB at Rome in Low-A ball the year before.

Hey, all you Braves fans understand this. Teixeira marches to the beat of the Scott Boras drum. Rest assured, he WILL hit the free agent market after 2008 and he WILL sign with the highest bidder. whatever you think about the players that the Braves gave up to get him, they are only getting him for 14 months. You're going to love Tex as a player. He is an outstanding first baseman. He will make your infield much better. And he is a very good hitter. You will enjoy the 14 months with Tex. Then you will be bidding against the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, etc. for his continued services. Good luck in the bidding. It will be steep. The Rangers tried to extend his contract and quickly realized that it was impossible. So they got what they could get because having Tex for another 14 months was not going to do anything for the Rangers. They are farther away than that in competing in the AL. So the Rangers did the right thing this time.

rangers fan, i agree that texas did the right thing in trading tex, however, it is not necessary for either team to "win" in a trade. i think js knows that the next 14 months will be his and bobby's last run with the braves. atlanta is in desperate times right now: 1. this will be andruw's last year.
2. chipper's and smoltz's last years as braves might be 2008.
3. attendance is dropping and interest of the braves team will dwindle after this season, with tbs dropping their contract.

something had to get done and this was the right move for both ballclubs. salty would have never been the regular 1st baseman or catcher for atlanta. andrus looks incredible, but no one will really know until 2011-2012. it's all about "need" and the braves needed to stabilize a position that has been shaky for years. i am happy that salty will get regular playing time and anxious to see him catching every day next year, but i'm also excited about august, september, and, hopefully, october braves baseball.

Ryan C, I agree completely. it was the right thing for both clubs. As I said, the Braves fans are going to love Teixeira. He is an outstanding player. and he might carry the Braves to two World Series championships. But he wasn't going to do that for the Rangers. They aren't close. And after 2008, Teixeira is going to sign with someone for over $20M per year. That is the way that baseball is now. The Rangers aren't going to play in that kind of Boras market. So they got what they could. A good trade for both clubs.

Baseball is definetly headed towards a lockout year. Its gonna happen. They have to get a salary cap in there. You really think they're gonna let it be the YanksSox for the rest of the century.?

Good riddence. He wanted out of Texas, so I'm not at all surprised he turned that deal down. Thank God he did, because the way Tom Hicks spends money, Tex and Michael Young would have put the cuffs on our payroll for the next 6-7 years. Good bye Mark, thanks for the prospects Atlanta.

Braves fans, enjoy how great of a player Teixeira is, but don't get sucked in. He comes off as a golden boy, but when he says, "Scott Boras works for me", just know he is full of crap.

What we need is some good old fashioned collusion!