Teixeira Announcement Expected Today

No.

Well if it was the RedSox, it wouldnt exactly be a big surprise.

If Boston does pull this out, I'll be pretty impressed by how they handled Boras, as long as they didn't go above $180-185MM.

thank god. Red Sox or Nationals please

My thoughts exactly Aduncaroo

please be the Yankees

nostocksjustbonds...who are "the rich" in your post?

Yankees are the only ones that have the money & brains to pull it off!!

I'd love to see him sign with the Nationals and I'm a Braves fan. I just think it would be great for one of the smaller market teams to finally put their money on the line and for a big name FA to take a chance on a rebuilding team and help them become a better product. I mean, it isn't like the Nationals wont be a contender in the 8-10 years he will be there and I don't think this is taking money over winning either like A-Rod going to the Rangers way back when. They have Zimmerman, Dukes, Milledge, Flores and they have made strides with their drafting and farm system in general. To me, the Red Sox aren't a whole lot different than the Yankees in their spending (other than they seem to be just a bit smarter with their money) so since the Braves don't seem at all interested in jumping into the mix I'd like to see him go to the Nationals and hope that takes care of at least one of the teams that struggle to compete with the big boys.

A nation waits.

Well this will has a lot of potential to suck bad.

The Nats should just sign him that way everyone can move on from this teixeira concept

No Smog, I don't like the Yankees. But the Sawx are hypocrites and have become what they have always hated.

First kicked out Millar to the curb after everything he did for you, now Lowell.

I think it'd me more wise for the Sox to go get Lowe or Sheets.

I hope it is the Yankees so they can sign ALL the best free agents. Perhaps a 2 year/$46M deal for Manny to be the 4th outfielder will be next? Then they can trade for Peavy. Wouldn't it be way cool if the AL All Star team was the Yankees?

Heard the Yanks were also trying to sign Jesus in time for Christmas.

u guys are weird

Good stuff. I'm not sure Jesus would win a starting spot, though.

"Good stuff. I'm not sure Jesus would win a starting spot, though."

Yankee fans would think that Melky was still better. ;)

Your problem is the Sox kicking MILLAR "to the curb"? That's a new one... Youk came up through the organization and obviously earned his spot, and the Sox had to take Lowell as part of the package for Beckett... which you may remember wasn't exactly an unfair trade based on what Florida got back.

rememberthecoop... not that I have met him personally, but I certainly never got the impression that Tex is aloof or has a huge ego (and I live in Dallas when he was a Ranger and I live in Atlanta now). He always came across as a regular guy that was well like by his teammates. The "not a leader" part I think I agree with, though.

actually youkilis and lowell both started in the yankees farm system

"They suggest the Yankees are lurking in case Boras offers Teixeira to them at a discount (or perhaps just to drive up the price for Boston)."

yankees are going to win it

I'm so tired of all the Yankee haters out there. IF and this is a BIG IF the Yanks come in and offer Tex a big contract, they're using their greatest resource...their money. Everyone hates on the Yanks just because they go out and get who they want with the cash they have. If any other team had the revenue the Yanks do, they would do the same thing. For the record, I think offering CC a 7 year contract was ridiculous, and if he opts out, 3/69 is a GREAT deal. Furthermore, AJ @ 5/82.5 was AWFUL. They gave him a contract for more years than he's had healthy. But, I digress. The Yanks GENUINELY have a need for a legit first basemen, which they haven't had since Tino retired in '05. I really hope they sign him, but it's looking more and more like the Nats will win. As far as the Sox fans clamoring for him, I believe I saw somewhere that Tex's wife HATES flying and they wanted to be somewhere close to home, which, I believe, is Maryland. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

"Brad426, as a Cub fan, having lots of all-stars doesn't guarantee anything. Last year, the Cubs had the most all-stars they've ever had, won 97 games and what good did it do them in the playoffs? Not a damn thing. Players like A-Rod and Tex may be great players, but teams win with gamers, guys with heart."

Agreed. I was being sarcastic. I like seeing teams like the Rockies and Rays get to the Series, but in a way it prevents there ever being a change in the screwed up, non-level playing field that baseball has become because people can always point to a team with a relatively low payroll that has done well.

YanksFanWB... I applaud the Yankees for always trying to field a winner. It's not them I hate, it's the system. I don't hate the playa, I hate the game.

"there are strong indications the Red Sox will be the victor"

Victor or victim? Only time will tell.

"he was actually traded as a compensary pick to the red sox nice try though"

? No he wasn't.

Tex is gonna get walked 150 times next season if he ends up on the Nats.

The Red Sox cleared $28M just from Manny and Schilling coming off the books, but going out and actually spending some of the revenue they bring in for Tex turns them into the Evil Empire? 4th in the league last year in team salary, nearly $70 mill behind the Yankees, with homegrown guys like Paps, Lester, Lowrie, Ellsbury, Pedroia, Youk on the team.

Do they spend money? Yes, but just because you think the Red Sox are turning into the Evil Empire doesn't mean it's actually happening. The Sox will have signed exactly ONE player this offseaon IF they get Tex.

Breaking News ... Jesus turns down Yanks offer. Money is not all that is important to Jesus. Yank Mgnt called Jesus a coward for not taking money and will be better off without him.

cubbyfan 23 he was drafted by the yankees and traded to the red sox go look it up sometime before your team wins another championship....i guess i wont get an answer for another 100 years

Tex would have to be out of his mind to go to the nationals. the sox def landed him. this is the second time they have caught boras with his parents down lol

Stuntin Is A Habit

WTF has you been smoking bro. Did you like forget to take your medicine this morning or are you just slow boy? The Red Sox drafted Youkillis in the 8th round he was not a COMPENSATORY (compensary isnt even a word) pick that was traded to them. He was drafted, home grown, and brought up through the Red Sox system. Your retaliation post might be one of the funniest but dumbest ones i have ever seen on these threads.

The Yanks are lurking in case Boras offers Tex at a discount?? When the hell did Boras start offering his star clients at a discount, esp to a big market team like the Yankees?

"glen quagmire", eh? Giggety, giggety.

GO SOX SIGN TEX SCREW EVERONE WHO DOESNT WANT HIM TO GO THE SO.WERE CHAMPS.

YABKEES SUCK!!

I don't disagree with you, rememberthecoop. I just never heard any rumblings about other players not liking Tex. I did hear that about Soriano when I was in Dallas and I have heard it about some Braves (like that 1B they got from the Pirates whose name I can't remember... then he got cut).

Teh Ynakese dindt twade kebn yuklese 2 da rde sox!!!!!

"For example, you need the guy that behind the scenes will pull a player to the side if he's not hustling and give him an earful."

I believe that's the manager's job, isn't it? Or is he just there to fill out a lineup card?

"Teams win with good players. The Cubs lost not because they had the All-Stars (not that being an All Star matters since they are voted by fans. Hell, Fukudome was an AS), but because they went against a Dodger pitching staff that was well prepared, was full of dominant right handed starters and were able to neutralize the Cubs right handed batters."

Wow DodgersBruin, we actually agree on something!

i heard the red sox gave advice to obama on how to get people to think you pulled out of something even though you really didnt

yclept:

"Actually, a Boras client once offered the Yankees a $20M discount....and it wasn't very long ago. Carlos Beltran."

Exactly, Carlos prefered to play with the Yankees. Mistakingly they declined to sign him.. Hopefully if given the opportunity the Yankees don't make the same mistake twice..

If anybody paid more than $20 million a year for him they got a bad deal. I like Tex as much as, or more than, anyone but he is not a $22.5 million player and that is what 8/180 works out to.

Just because Tori Hunter signed a bad contract for $18 million doesn't somehow make Tex worth $5 million more than a bad contract.

8/180 is the kind of deal RS fans would skewer the Yankees for doing, but somehow they are here HOPING they get him for 8/180. Tex isn't THAT great.

Plus, if you are the RS, you have to trade Lowell and eat some of his contract (add another $4-5 million for each of the next 2 years) and you end up with a wash defensively (Tex is better than Youk at 1B and Youk is not as good as Lowell at 3B), a slight increase in offense (Tex over Lowell) and $26-30 million more in payroll.

He just isn't worth that.

actualyl stuntin' is a habit ur probably one of those idiots who sits home with there mom and plays world of war craft all; day aduncaroo

I have nothing against the nationals but if Tex does sign with them after having offers from 3 of the best teams in baseball it would be a bit disappointing. It would finally prove that even the best players would rather have a huge payday than be on a winning team. Kind of a sad day in baseball if this does happen.

Dodgersbruin, yes that's one of the manager's jobs but he can't be everywhere all the time and it is much more effective coming from one of your peers.

Kevin Youkilis was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the eighth round of the 2001 draft. He was not a compensatory sandwich pick, and he was never in the Yankees orginization.

hey ahhh stuntin... Youk was drafted in the 8th round by the Sox in 2001.

im not a janitor i actually went to college and got my degree in sports management at Georgetown so you can go finish sweeping up the dirt off the floor while i sit here and laugh at you trying to criticize my credibilty

Does anyone think that the Yankees will hold off on pursuing Tex because they want to wait for Pujol's?
They can get the bat from Manny for the 2-3 years until Pujol's is available. Thoughts?