Red Sox-Teixeira Rumor

Make a decision already Tex!!

You have to believe, if the report is true, that Tex will be in Boston next year. 25M is quite alot of money for Tex in my humble opinion.

oooooo boy...

A friend of a friend of a brother of a cousin of a sister of an aunt of an uncle of a father of a mother of a guy told this girl who knows a guy that told his cousin that this is true.

This totally sucks for the Orioles if true.

It actually wouldn't be that bad if we were smart and went for Dunn as a back-up plan. But we're idiots and will probably have Millar back at the first bag next year.

"Unreal, these teams that just go out and "buy" players, especially when they already have very good players at that position."

As a Yankee or Sox fan, you have no idea how true this actually is, and for your sake, I hope you never do.

Goddamn the Red Sox. If they sign Tex, then the Angels will retaliate by trading for Peavy. And then my Cubbies will be screwed!

I hope it's true. Then my Angels can focus on signing Dunn + Burrell.

sox fan here, and I think thats over-paying for him, thats arod money.....

but it isnt my money, and I think they should sign him.

Mike_lee,
It is your money, if you go and watch games at fenway.

Dorf...I was merely busting on the Sox fans who say this about the Yanks.
If you as an O's fan says it, I can sympathize and respect, if a Sox fan says it, especially if this is true, sorry no can do.
Trust me, I know how easy it is to be a Yankee fan and not have to worry about them being able to afford players they want.

Thats so much money for a first baseman, Jesus..

I know hes a good defender and all but I would call Milwaukee and offer Buchholz, Kalish, and something little for Fielder..
Fielder would destroy fenway.

Or if you wanna go all out
Buchholz, lowrie, Kalish, Bard
for
Fielder and Hardy

Mark Texiera is worth 120 over 7 years.

661dodgerblue,
Those offers are TRASH. They would just hang up the phone of you.

"It can't be true. First Pettitte 3/36m, and now this crap. I thought this was a site for LEGITIMATE rumours"

Calm yourself, how is a rumor ever legitimate?

It is not my money. The sox froze the ticket prices for next year, so this doesn't affect me until a few years down the road. Anyways, if I have to pay another $10 per ticket to see my team win, I'll be willing to do it.

if i ever hear a sox fan complain about payroll of another team if this is true i will puke in my soup, also for every sox fan who rallied around mike lowell to get that contract last year, they will be the same who scream TRADE HIM TRADE HIM TRADE HIM

Globe's Rob Bradford is reporting the same now and also the OC Registar is reporting the same 2....so I would say it must be true possibly

jaydestro,

are you actaully eating soup?

That lineup is probably the best in baseball, but let's not dub it some kind of "all-time great" lineup like a late-90s Cleveland team, or even the 2007 Yankees, because it's simply not.

I do wonder, if this is actually accurate, if we'll get articles comparing the Sox's offseason to the Tigers. I'm guessing not.

Whats the big deal? The Red Sox said they would match the Angels offer, so they did.

yanks12025
just shut up now you got point across, you undervalue the redsox prospects

dodgerblue.... give up what it will take to get Fielder who is a lesser player then Teixeira and still have to pay him atleast $18 million a year when he becomes a free agent in a couple years.... rather just sign Tex and keep the prospects.

So you think Buchholz, lowrie, Kalish, Bard is a good trade for Prince. Buchholz is just like Ian Kennedy.

Scribbletone,

I originally would of said Anderson, Buchholz, Exposito, and Bard for Fielder.. I thought that a little heavy.

But Hardy is worth more than lowrie straight up.

Part of me as a sox fan wants Tex, part of me says save the money for the future and see how Lowell and Ortiz bounce back, but the Yanks have already spent big bucks to get 2 pitchers, and TB you have to worry about now, so I see why they want Tex, and Bostons prospects/farm is still very good (top 5)

"Buchholz is just like Ian Kennedy."

Yeah when Kennedy starts throwing 97 with a monster breaking ball please let me know.

"The Red Sox have to do what they have to do to compete with the free spending Yankees. The Red Sox and its fans may hate what the Yankees do, but we can't just sit back and get over matched every season when we have the money to atleast compete on some level with the Yankees."

TJ Sox Fan, your Sox, in their two championship years, were outspent by my Yankees to the tune of $60M & $50M, respectively. As a Yank's fan, I know throwing money around doesn't guarantee anything, so don't make it sound like the poor Red Sox have to scramble just to compete with the Yankees who flat out dominate year in year out. The big market teams have much more revenue, and it doesn't have to do much with the actual attendance of the games, but with the dedication of the fan base, and the penetration of the brand worldwide. If some small market owners wanted to use the revenue-sharing money for some marketing purposes, or god forbid to improve their team, they would start raking in the cash & being able to spend it on big-ticket free agents.

He was 2-9 with a 6.75. Yeah that sounds great.

scribbletone -

"Do people realize how good Boston may be next season..?

CF Ellsbury
2B Pedroia
DH Ortiz
1B Teixeira
3B Youkilis
LF Bay
RF Drew
SS Lowrie
C Who even cares

With a rotation of Beckett, Lester, Matsuzaka, Wakefield and Buchholz, and a bullpen led by Papelbpn, Okajima, Declarmen, Masterson, Ramirez and Lopez.

That lineup is like this close to being unfair.."

First of all, after adding Jason Bay last year, all the Boston fans were saying, " Oh, were clearly gonna win it all now." Did they?? Just because you go out and buy the highest price FA on the market, you think it's almost "unfair" because of the names on the back of the jersey.
What has that done for the NYY the past few years?
You have to play the season before you crown a champ.

That's why you shouldn't post up any old crap on your site if you want to call your site a site for legitimate rumours.

DPN...when the Sox traded for Bay they were 1.5 games ahead of the Yanks, and they just acquired Nady and Marte EVERYONE said the sox just threw out the hopes of making the playoffs guess what they had an awesome record for august/sept...beat ANA, lost a great 7 game series to TB, then Philly beat TB, good trade in my opinion

0bsessions,
Wang is better then Lester.

661dodgerblue,
Go look up CC stats and then becketts. CC is way better then him. And beckett played in the NL for 5 years.

That is a good squad to contend with Scribble. If I were the Yankees I'd counter with

Damon
Jeter
Nady
Rodriguez
Cano
Matsui
Posada
Swisher
Cameron

Rotation of
Sabathia
Wang
Burnett
Pettitte/Sheets/Lowe/Garland
Joba(Pen in playoffs)

*Bullpen*
7,8,9?: Veras, Bruney, Rivera
Situational:Ramirez, Marte, Coke
Long men/spot starters:Aceves, Giese

I'd contend that
1)Sox lineup is better. 2)Yankees rotation is better.

Bullpen is a bit of an advantage by the Yanks.

"Bullpen is a bit of an advantage by the Yanks."

How so? The yanks have Rivera at the top and then? A bunch of young guys/rookies. There is no way you can predict which bullpen will be better, siding with the less proven conglomerate of rookies doesn't seem logical to me though.

"That equation will change when Hughes comes of age in a couple years."

You mean if he comes of age. Hughes was a Roger Clemens clone two years ago. Then he was "just dealing with injuries" and now we're supposed to believe he'll come of age any minute. His stock has steadily dropped, which doesn't indicate the absence of talent but perhaps a lack of ability to refine it.

Yanks1205
Firstly I can care less about CC did in the AL, makes no difference to me.

When Game 7 comes around who you got?

Beckett or CC?

Gleb, you listed 8 men in the bullpen. Are you saying the Yankees are going to carry 13 pitchers?

Joba totally skipped my mind, if we mix him into the Yanks kids section that merely makes the two groups equal, advantage overall still with Boston.

Yankee and Red Sox fans need loaded weapons so they can cause each other to become extinct.

"Sure, but the OC Register wasn't the source. I trusted that their editors would not allow a reporter to transcribe a radio report inaccurately and publish it. That was a mistake." - Tim Dierkes

I wasn't harping on you, just the OC Register. Ever since they sided with the city of Anaheim over the name thing they are not privy to much info on the Angels. They seem take any opportunity they can to "stick it" to the Angels, regardless of how unprofessional it makes them look. I wouldn't consider them a credible news source in the future.

CC may have more talent, but I'd rather have Beckett in a playoff game. CC's Career ERA is 7.92 in 25 IP in postseason. Small sample, true, but he also has a 27.00 ERA in an All-Star game. Look, for $23MM/year, he has to be your ace both during the season and in the playoffs.

BTW, it's funny after all the publicity, when you go into the "Players" category on MLB in espn.com and enter Sabathia, you get nothing. You have to search by "all time" players to get his stats. It's as if Carsten Charles doesn't exist as a current player. lol

Wang has won 19 games two times. Lester none. Yes Lester beats him in K's but that about it. Wang has a lower career ERA, more wins(pitched more seasons),walks less people.

A finesse ground ball pitcher pitcher or a lefty power pitcher. Which do you want. Be honest.

Point, set, match, Lester.

Theo Epstein would never offer that contract.

"Wang has won 19 games two times. Lester none. Yes Lester beats him in K's but that about it. Wang has a lower career ERA, more wins(pitched more seasons),walks less people."

Wins and ERA, you're not too familiar with any relevant statistical information are you?

Compare Wangs 07 (his best year) to Lesters 08. Lester had the better FIP and ERA+. Wang still has better control, surrenders less walks but k's significantly less batters.

Lester has the better career ERA+ as well, to go along with a higher ceiling and more impressive arsenal of pitches.

Again, Wang is a very good pitcher. Very good GB rates and low walks but Lester is just better.

If you are talking about pure stuff, Lester clearly has the beat on Wang, it isn't even really an argument. They pitch in two different styles, it is very hard to compare them at all. I would at least try to compare Burnett over Lester if anything and make consider a Dice-K and Wang argument.

If you were to ask people name the top 10 starters in the MLB based on stuff, rather than numbers, the Yankees rotation has 3/10 of those guys. I would give the Sox 2/10 (Beckett and Lester, I am sorry but Dice-K's stuff is not top 10 in the MLB). The Yankees rotation has more upside, the Sox rotation has more stability.

If I had to choose, bias judgement aside, on a top 3 of the rotation I would go with the Yankees. And while I like the Yankees rotation better, I still like the Sox offense better. Gonna be an interesting AL BEast this yr.