Mark Teixeira Rumors: Saturday

this is getting stuuuupiddddd

BREAKING NEWS:

Mark Teixeira agrees to sign deal with some team by March 31st.

Details as they become available.

I can't tell which irritates me more, dragged out and boring free agent negotiations, or dragged out and boring trade talks.

I can't tell which irritates me more, dragged out and boring free agent negotiations, or dragged out and boring trade talks.

JUST GET THIS OVER WITH!! Boras, I give you until Tuesday to make a decision. If you don't, I will feed you spinach until you diareah.

Sounds like Boras is getting beat in negotiations by the Sox so he has to go to plan B. Get the Yanks to overpay him.

Now maybe people will realize that most of these "reporters" have no clue as to what is really going on.

"Yanks must be taking some hits in this economy, yet they are putting a solid product on the field; idc what your team is. you have to give them credit for that."

uh...no.

Boras is a Boring ass

Boras is a Boring ass

Boras is a Boring A_s

if the yankees mark tex, they might or will trade one of the outfielders such as matsui or damon to free up cap, i hope they trade matsui for some prospects. matsui need to go back to japan.

KSV:

That Royals post made me laugh out loud . . . a rarity on these comment boards. Nice job.

zzzzzz. someone wake me up when this crap is over.

Celtics464 "Get the Yanks to overpay him"

lol..

You're over estimating what Yankee management apparently is trying to accomplish this off season.

I do not see the Yankee's involved in the Mark Texeria sweepstakes at this point. I do not believe it has to do with their finances either. I honestly believe the Yanks will not tie up another 8-10 yr player. We want him yes, but I am just about sold on Manny. Who woulda thought 1 year later a guy I virtually despised for his on field antics would become for me, the most coveted player. The notion of Arod at 3 and him at 4 is just unthinkable. Manny at 3 for $66mm as some mentioned would make sense. Although one year on his contract, trade Matsui if possible. Platoon him with Damon. Hang on to Melky and Gardner for center. You have Nady in RF. Swisher at first..I love it..

8-10 in baseball people is ludicrous. Other than A-Rod no team should sign a player to contract for more than 6 years. Yes I am slightly bias with the A-Rod thing at 10 years, but lets be frank, he is destined to be one of the top 5 if not all time leader with virtually every baseball stat available. Other than Pujouls, Arod is the only active player and maybe in our lifetime that has that opportunity.

We need to put these contracts back into perspective, and I wouldn't be pointing to the Yankee's. $100mm contracts were not brought on by them. Kevin Brown anyone? Texeria for 6 at $125-$145mm is more than enough.

This is the reverse of conventional wisdom on this, but the only two teams who could pay near $180mm -$200mm and justify it is Baltimore or Washington. Why? because my opinion he becomes a lifetime franchise player. He is their face and build around him. May take 3 or 4 seasons for a championship, but this is their ticket in my opinion. The Yank's, Sox, Angels, paying $180mm + is just flat out stupid. They need to attract multiple other big name players going forward.

Celtics464 "Get the Yanks to overpay him"

lol..

You're over estimating what Yankee management apparently is trying to accomplish this off season.

I do not see the Yankee's involved in the Mark Texeria sweepstakes at this point. I do not believe it has to do with their finances either. I honestly believe the Yanks will not tie up another 8-10 yr player. We want him yes, but I am just about sold on Manny. Who woulda thought 1 year later a guy I virtually despised for his on field antics would become for me, the most coveted player. The notion of Arod at 3 and him at 4 is just unthinkable. Manny at 3 for $66mm as some mentioned would make sense. Although one year on his contract, trade Matsui if possible. Platoon him with Damon. Hang on to Melky and Gardner for center. You have Nady in RF. Swisher at first..I love it..

8-10 in baseball people is ludicrous. Other than A-Rod no team should sign a player to contract for more than 6 years. Yes I am slightly bias with the A-Rod thing at 10 years, but lets be frank, he is destined to be one of the top 5 if not all time leader with virtually every baseball stat available. Other than Pujouls, Arod is the only active player and maybe in our lifetime that has that opportunity.

We need to put these contracts back into perspective, and I wouldn't be pointing to the Yankee's. $100mm contracts were not brought on by them. Kevin Brown anyone? Texeria for 6 at $125-$145mm is more than enough.

This is the reverse of conventional wisdom on this, but the only two teams who could pay near $180mm -$200mm and justify it is Baltimore or Washington. Why? because my opinion he becomes a lifetime franchise player. He is their face and build around him. May take 3 or 4 seasons for a championship, but this is their ticket in my opinion. The Yank's, Sox, Angels, paying $180mm + is just flat out stupid. They need to attract multiple other big name players going forward.

Teixeira on the Yankees is more of a match then people are making it out to be. Forget the money or the number of years, or even the fact that he apparently wants to be on a winner on the East Coast. The biggest match that I see with him and the Yankees is Don Mattingly. Supposedly he was Mark's favorite player growing up. Now obviously this means very little in the world of Free Agency but if the Yankees ran Teixeira out on the field for the next 8 years, it will be Mattingly 2.0

Alot of similarities between the two players and I believe that some of the Yankees brass see that as well. That's why I will not rule out the Yankees until Mark signs with another team.

In addition to all that is the fact that he is an incredibly better fit than Manny, who is unpredictable..

look I agree Pat, I'd take Texeria in a heartbeat, but it is just not going to happen with the length on contract. Yes in principal fills a large need both in production and character. If he truly felt the way you say he does about his aspirations to fill Mattingly's spot then he would just have said to Boras from the start...

Take all the bids you want, lets see what numbers are available, but let the Yank's name their price, because I'm going there anyway. Apparently his motivation is in fact $$. Which somewhat upsets me. Everyone says this guy is great in character. Sure does not appear to be so. I'd like to blame this boras person for that...

I know it is hard to live well these days on $125mm only. I was just going over my excel sheet with my finances and i'm running low on the $100mm I have/had in the bank. Lol. I'm outta here for a few hours..

Pitching wins Ships, that's why they got AJ+CC.

"Pitching wins Ships, that's why they got AJ+CC."

Yup. And that's why they got Mussina, and Vasquez, and Randy Johnson, and Kevin Brown, and...

Well considering that the Yanks are only going to pay CC 14 million in 09 and that after 09 they get rid of Damon, Matsui and Nady's contract, they have the money to do this.

Tex in Not the better fit for the Yanks over Manny. Forget about player comparisons & look at what the Team needs. 1st base may not be as solid as Tex with Swisher there .. but at least he's young and could develop well. Swisher is a grinder that has good batting #'s for a young career. Plus he's cheap & no decade contract to sign with. The Yankees have a lot of developing players in their system that will be expected to come up with-in the next few years. And what if Posada is just not the same behind the plate. Someone like Swisher offers flexibility & adding Manny fits in the flex role as well. Plus Manny's contract will be at most 3-4 years like Swisher. Perfect time for newcomers to make their moves up. Manny's bat is far more explosive than Tex & proven to deliver in th AL East .. Tex has not.

Plus on a business end .. Manny is from Washington Heights .. he has a fan base / family in NY that will help sell tickets.

Love it or hate it - Manny in NY is classic Yankee history in the making!

Manny in NY = a worst defense than what they already have. Tex adds defense, the big bat and more hustle. Manny adds the big bat and complication on who is playing b/c they have too many OF. Agree Manny had a bigger bat, but Tex make more sense.

I bet we see the same thing with D. Lowe

Yanks 2009 payroll is at $170M for 14 players. That's based on AAV of the contracts, which is what matters. Assuming that Pettitte comes back, then either Teixeria or Ramirez would put them over $200M for 16 players. They are not signing either one of these guys, no matter what sort of wet dreams Scott Boras is having.

I love the way the Red Sox negotiate with Boras. The Red Sox strategy is to call his bluff and force his hand (this was the case with Dice-K, and likely with Varitek and Texiera).

On the other hand, the Yankees just immediately offer more money than anyone else so that they are garunteed to get who they want.

I would say the Sox brass is a heck of a lot smarter.

It looks like who ever offers the most money thats were Tex will go. If i were thr Red Sox I wouldnt go any higher, if he wants to play for a winning team he should stay in L.A. or just sign with Boston already. Or let the ASS sign with Washington a team that won 59 games last year, and hope he enjoys LOSING. I HATE SCOTT BORAS!

http://riveraveblues.com/2008/12/heyman-yanks-boras-talking-tex-6376/

According to this the Yankees are discussing the outline of a contract with Scott Boras regarding Mark Teixeira. The article also adds that the Yankees remain the favorites for Manny Ramirez as he is their top offseason priority.

i think that the yankees getting tex is gunna be a long shot. there not gunna offer him $200 mill after they signed cc and aj to $240+ mill. but i really want tex over manny cause he is still young and is hitting over 30HR before he is 30 years old. but they yankees have a better chance of getting manny. im thinking 3yrs 68 mill will do the job for manny

or as i like 2 call him, BEEFY! guys a big mac away from a heart attack.

this is geting very stupid they need to spend time on more people like arod or jeater heck go git manny

The Angels are doing the right thing, and I think their general FA strategy in the Stoneman/Reagins/Scioscia/Moreno era has been similar. They dabble in the bidding, wait for the ceiling to be set, and swoop in with a little more on a take it or leave it deal. This is how they grabbed Vlad from the Dodgers and it is how they plucked Hunter from the Rangers and Twins.

All the yankees need to do is sign Tex then we can have

C.C, Wang, Burnett, Probably Pettite, Chamberlain

1. Damon in left
2. Jeter at short
3. Tex at first
4. A-Rod at 3rd
5. Nady in right
6. Posada catching
7. Matsui Dhing
8. Robi Cano at 2nd
9. Either Gardner or Melky in center

Not the best line up but pretty good

Every person "close to Texeira" says a differnt team has "the best offer"

why do people always type a whole lineup on the screen and add in FA's to prove how awesome there team would be and then say "trade this guy for that guy"
the PROFESSIONAL WRITERS cant even speculate whats going to happen, noone here can either.

sorry meant that for andrewYF

6:50pm: Lyle Spencer and Bill Ladson of MLB.com report that Teixeira will decide on where to sign in the next few days.

Are you serious! Is this really something that needs to be added? I mean, c'mon..add or post NEW things that come up. WOW, BREAKING NEWS !!!

"Teixeira will decide on where to sign in the next few days."

ill believe it when i see it...

Tex said he would choose before christmas. hes got 4 more days.

"he likes the attention"

No he doesn't.

"What i meant to say was that Manny remains there top offseason priority as of now."

No what you meant to say was manny is currently their top priority (which I might add seems to have little factual basis).

"they need a hitter to protect Arod"

Players making 32 million this year need to be protected? How many stained tighty whiteys does it take to figure out that one does not quite add up.

"God how I hope this blows up in Boras' face."

Like Varitek and his non arbitration already has?

"AA, the only reason they signed Vlad was because Steinbrenner went behind Cashman's back and signed Sheffield. Vlad was set to sign in New York until that happened."

Nah. Vlad wanted to be a Dodger and they wanted him and screwed it up. He then went to the Halos because they have Latin ownership and gave him an excellent deal.

Zach you are wrong.

Upton said that the Yanks can keep spending money but the rays will keep "Ballin' on a budget"

The update is terribly written.

"This contradicts recent reports that estimate that the Boston Red Sox have made such an offer, since they have not signed the free agent yet."

How does it contradict that report? If anything, it makes it more likely, because Boras is scrambling to get higher offers before accepting the Red Sox offer.

"How does it contradict that report? If anything, it makes it more likely, because Boras is scrambling to get higher offers before accepting the Red Sox offer."

Keep dreaming, sweetheart.

Bronxbombas, I dont think the Yanks need to sign manny to move tickets. Just about every game is sold out anyway.

12:15am Scott Boras at the Scott Boras Daily News Writes:

"Scott Boras just tucked Mark Teixeira into bed for the night. He read Tex his favorite bedtime story, "All about the benjamins."
"Tomorrow morning, after Papa Boras makes Lil Tex his chocolate chip pancakes, they will resume talks about his overpriced offers."

i pray to god this ends tomorrow, i have a feeling it will for some reason

"or as i like 2 call him, BEEFY! guys a big mac away from a heart attack."

for some reason, I think that you just started calling him that recently...

If nyy is really talking to Boras about tex, I wouldn't be too surprised... he fits a need for the future, plays great defense; 8/168: yankee discount. do it, mark

I think Hughes will need more time....Maybe Aceves or Giese can be good