2008-12-22T13:37:19-05:00 2008-12-19T16:22:29-05:00 88 2008-12-19T16:22:29-05:00 1 9 10 2008-12-22T13:37:19-05:00 3 NY redsoxfan04 Horseheads 640433 88 Tex should just sign with SOMEONE already. This story is getting as old and boring as the runaway bride! 3736704 2008-12-21T19:21:57-05:00 115 FL TampaStateofMind Tampa 631953 I agree, Manny to the Bronx is more realistic. 85 And think about This Pujols is a FA this year so lets say Yanks give Manny a 1yr 25mill deal, that'll come off the books and they can persue Pujols is much much better the Tex and theyre about the same age i think i got to check it out 3729116 2008-12-21T19:37:08-05:00 619 NJ yankees66 Cape May Court House 628332 And think about This Pujols is a FA this year so lets say Yanks give Manny a 1yr 25mill deal, that'll come off the books and they can persue Pujols is much much better the Tex and theyre about the same age i think i got to check it out 87 I like your thinking but now that the Angels have pulled out on Tex, I see them giving Manny a multi year which would raise the Yankee Ante. 3729193 2008-12-21T19:20:22-05:00 115 FL TampaStateofMind Tampa 631953 Good points, But the jury is still out on C.C. and A.J. 70 mil for j.d.drew was a true waste of money. There are far better players than Drew to give that contract to or not to give that contract to. As far as the C.C. deal goes, The three year out clause could work in the Yanks favor if C.C. is a bust and wants out. If A.j. and C.C. go on to win 20 for the next few years then people will complain the Yanks just buy everybody. If tex signs with the sox and hits 40 homers every year the point that the Sox bought him will never be brought up. Being the highest payroll and the 2nd or 3rd highest pending the Tex signing should'nt allow the Yanks to blamed for driving up the salaries. Boston , the mets , Tigers and many more teams are just as responsible. 84 Yes ur 100% right and Boras also has to take some the salaries blame lol, but i think people need to relax because i understand that the small market teams dont get big FA but look at my rays, they did it on pure talent so i dont think its horrible as it is and regardless the teams dont put a gun to a players head and says sign here because the yanks have 26champions so who wouldnt want to play for a histroic franchise like the yanks and the redsox because of the history and the fanbase with all those sellouts so in someways money is somewhat a big issue but these teams are succesful which helps because look the nats are offering Tex a big deal and ill be very surprised if he took it 3729112 2008-12-21T19:34:14-05:00 619 NJ yankees66 Cape May Court House 628332 Yes ur 100% right and Boras also has to take some the salaries blame lol, but i think people need to relax because i understand that the small market teams dont get big FA but look at my rays, they did it on pure talent so i dont think its horrible as it is and regardless the teams dont put a gun to a players head and says sign here because the yanks have 26champions so who wouldnt want to play for a histroic franchise like the yanks and the redsox because of the history and the fanbase with all those sellouts so in someways money is somewhat a big issue but these teams are succesful which helps because look the nats are offering Tex a big deal and ill be very surprised if he took it 86 I think the rays did an awsome job building that team and also stacking thier minor league system. It did take them a while. The one thing that would concern me as a Rays fan is the lack of attendance that they get for home games. Maybe that will change this year with a World serries under thier belt but again I believe that a lack of attendance could hurt them in the next few years. 3729224 2008-12-21T18:06:32-05:00 619 NJ yankees66 Cape May Court House 628332 Tex is going to sign with the RedSox because if anybody forgot Manny has the same agent as Boras, So Tex going to the Sox will imo make the yanks want to sign manny and also the two LA teams, and if its true that the Sox raised their Bid im more convinced Tex will be in Boston and being a Rays fan idc how much money the yankees spend because their doing to be the best team so people need to shut up already with the 250mill for two pictures already, but moving away from that these upcoming days can be interesting and honestly the yanks DO NEED Tex but wont get him because they are going to be locked for 8-10yrs and why isnt no one mentioning Pujols is a FA next year and i think hes perfect for the yanks so maybe they playing it smart not overbidding for Tex 83 I agree, Manny to the Bronx is more realistic. 3728748 2008-12-21T19:21:57-05:00 115 FL TampaStateofMind Tampa 631953 I agree, Manny to the Bronx is more realistic. 85 And think about This Pujols is a FA this year so lets say Yanks give Manny a 1yr 25mill deal, that'll come off the books and they can persue Pujols is much much better the Tex and theyre about the same age i think i got to check it out 3729116 2008-12-21T18:03:25-05:00 619 NJ yankees66 Cape May Court House 628332 Well i agree with you but the yankees did overpay way to much and as much as the redsox are looked as a "Big Spending Team" they are really not, in this mangement i believe the highest contract was JD Drew at 70mill(not sure) and in reality for CC the yanks outbid themselfs cuz the contract next to that was 100mil from the brewers i believe so yes the redsox will spend big for Tex but the difference is the Sox seem more disciplined on spending money because remember they were outbid on Damon, and Pedro who were key players in the '04 Championship and the yanks have overpaid for AJ CC and ARod but then again they can afford so its whatever 82 Good points, But the jury is still out on C.C. and A.J. 70 mil for j.d.drew was a true waste of money. There are far better players than Drew to give that contract to or not to give that contract to. As far as the C.C. deal goes, The three year out clause could work in the Yanks favor if C.C. is a bust and wants out. If A.j. and C.C. go on to win 20 for the next few years then people will complain the Yanks just buy everybody. If tex signs with the sox and hits 40 homers every year the point that the Sox bought him will never be brought up. Being the highest payroll and the 2nd or 3rd highest pending the Tex signing should'nt allow the Yanks to blamed for driving up the salaries. Boston , the mets , Tigers and many more teams are just as responsible. 3728762 2008-12-21T19:20:22-05:00 115 FL TampaStateofMind Tampa 631953 Good points, But the jury is still out on C.C. and A.J. 70 mil for j.d.drew was a true waste of money. There are far better players than Drew to give that contract to or not to give that contract to. As far as the C.C. deal goes, The three year out clause could work in the Yanks favor if C.C. is a bust and wants out. If A.j. and C.C. go on to win 20 for the next few years then people will complain the Yanks just buy everybody. If tex signs with the sox and hits 40 homers every year the point that the Sox bought him will never be brought up. Being the highest payroll and the 2nd or 3rd highest pending the Tex signing should'nt allow the Yanks to blamed for driving up the salaries. Boston , the mets , Tigers and many more teams are just as responsible. 84 Yes ur 100% right and Boras also has to take some the salaries blame lol, but i think people need to relax because i understand that the small market teams dont get big FA but look at my rays, they did it on pure talent so i dont think its horrible as it is and regardless the teams dont put a gun to a players head and says sign here because the yanks have 26champions so who wouldnt want to play for a histroic franchise like the yanks and the redsox because of the history and the fanbase with all those sellouts so in someways money is somewhat a big issue but these teams are succesful which helps because look the nats are offering Tex a big deal and ill be very surprised if he took it 3729112 2008-12-21T17:26:16-05:00 115 FL TampaStateofMind Tampa 631953 80 Tex is going to sign with the RedSox because if anybody forgot Manny has the same agent as Boras, So Tex going to the Sox will imo make the yanks want to sign manny and also the two LA teams, and if its true that the Sox raised their Bid im more convinced Tex will be in Boston and being a Rays fan idc how much money the yankees spend because their doing to be the best team so people need to shut up already with the 250mill for two pictures already, but moving away from that these upcoming days can be interesting and honestly the yanks DO NEED Tex but wont get him because they are going to be locked for 8-10yrs and why isnt no one mentioning Pujols is a FA next year and i think hes perfect for the yanks so maybe they playing it smart not overbidding for Tex 3728494 2008-12-21T18:06:32-05:00 619 NJ yankees66 Cape May Court House 628332 Tex is going to sign with the RedSox because if anybody forgot Manny has the same agent as Boras, So Tex going to the Sox will imo make the yanks want to sign manny and also the two LA teams, and if its true that the Sox raised their Bid im more convinced Tex will be in Boston and being a Rays fan idc how much money the yankees spend because their doing to be the best team so people need to shut up already with the 250mill for two pictures already, but moving away from that these upcoming days can be interesting and honestly the yanks DO NEED Tex but wont get him because they are going to be locked for 8-10yrs and why isnt no one mentioning Pujols is a FA next year and i think hes perfect for the yanks so maybe they playing it smart not overbidding for Tex 83 I agree, Manny to the Bronx is more realistic. 3728748 2008-12-21T17:30:40-05:00 115 FL TampaStateofMind Tampa 631953 Don't worry, When you throw 23 mil a year at tex you won't be far behind. I love you small market Red Sox Fans or those of you who think you don't spend any money. You guys think you're the Marlins. What a joke! 81 Well i agree with you but the yankees did overpay way to much and as much as the redsox are looked as a &quot;Big Spending Team&quot; they are really not, in this mangement i believe the highest contract was JD Drew at 70mill(not sure) and in reality for CC the yanks outbid themselfs cuz the contract next to that was 100mil from the brewers i believe so yes the redsox will spend big for Tex but the difference is the Sox seem more disciplined on spending money because remember they were outbid on Damon, and Pedro who were key players in the '04 Championship and the yanks have overpaid for AJ CC and ARod but then again they can afford so its whatever 3728542 2008-12-21T18:03:25-05:00 619 NJ yankees66 Cape May Court House 628332 Well i agree with you but the yankees did overpay way to much and as much as the redsox are looked as a "Big Spending Team" they are really not, in this mangement i believe the highest contract was JD Drew at 70mill(not sure) and in reality for CC the yanks outbid themselfs cuz the contract next to that was 100mil from the brewers i believe so yes the redsox will spend big for Tex but the difference is the Sox seem more disciplined on spending money because remember they were outbid on Damon, and Pedro who were key players in the '04 Championship and the yanks have overpaid for AJ CC and ARod but then again they can afford so its whatever 82 Good points, But the jury is still out on C.C. and A.J. 70 mil for j.d.drew was a true waste of money. There are far better players than Drew to give that contract to or not to give that contract to. As far as the C.C. deal goes, The three year out clause could work in the Yanks favor if C.C. is a bust and wants out. If A.j. and C.C. go on to win 20 for the next few years then people will complain the Yanks just buy everybody. If tex signs with the sox and hits 40 homers every year the point that the Sox bought him will never be brought up. Being the highest payroll and the 2nd or 3rd highest pending the Tex signing should'nt allow the Yanks to blamed for driving up the salaries. Boston , the mets , Tigers and many more teams are just as responsible. 3728762 2008-12-21T12:55:27-05:00 619 NJ yankees66 Cape May Court House 628332 Yes they are in the top 5...but almost an entire AJ Burnett contract out of first. 79 Don't worry, When you throw 23 mil a year at tex you won't be far behind. I love you small market Red Sox Fans or those of you who think you don't spend any money. You guys think you're the Marlins. What a joke! 3727226 2008-12-21T17:30:40-05:00 115 FL TampaStateofMind Tampa 631953 Don't worry, When you throw 23 mil a year at tex you won't be far behind. I love you small market Red Sox Fans or those of you who think you don't spend any money. You guys think you're the Marlins. What a joke! 81 Well i agree with you but the yankees did overpay way to much and as much as the redsox are looked as a &quot;Big Spending Team&quot; they are really not, in this mangement i believe the highest contract was JD Drew at 70mill(not sure) and in reality for CC the yanks outbid themselfs cuz the contract next to that was 100mil from the brewers i believe so yes the redsox will spend big for Tex but the difference is the Sox seem more disciplined on spending money because remember they were outbid on Damon, and Pedro who were key players in the '04 Championship and the yanks have overpaid for AJ CC and ARod but then again they can afford so its whatever 3728542 2008-12-21T17:26:16-05:00 115 FL TampaStateofMind Tampa 631953 80 Tex is going to sign with the RedSox because if anybody forgot Manny has the same agent as Boras, So Tex going to the Sox will imo make the yanks want to sign manny and also the two LA teams, and if its true that the Sox raised their Bid im more convinced Tex will be in Boston and being a Rays fan idc how much money the yankees spend because their doing to be the best team so people need to shut up already with the 250mill for two pictures already, but moving away from that these upcoming days can be interesting and honestly the yanks DO NEED Tex but wont get him because they are going to be locked for 8-10yrs and why isnt no one mentioning Pujols is a FA next year and i think hes perfect for the yanks so maybe they playing it smart not overbidding for Tex 3728494 2008-12-21T00:15:55-05:00 3 VA dpconway Lynchburg 639137 78 Yes they are in the top 5...but almost an entire AJ Burnett contract out of first. 3725531 2008-12-21T12:55:27-05:00 619 NJ yankees66 Cape May Court House 628332 Yes they are in the top 5...but almost an entire AJ Burnett contract out of first. 79 Don't worry, When you throw 23 mil a year at tex you won't be far behind. I love you small market Red Sox Fans or those of you who think you don't spend any money. You guys think you're the Marlins. What a joke! 3727226 88 <div class="photo_container image_right" style="width: 300px;"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/mark-teixeira-getty2.jpg" alt="Mark-teixeira-getty2" width="300" height="400" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">Mark Teixeira. Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images</div> </div> <p>Far from out of the running for&nbsp;<strong>Mark Teixeira</strong>, the Red Sox are believed to have raised their bid right to their final number on their trip Thursday to visit with Teixeira. While that Boston bid isn't known, baseball people believe the Red Sox were intending to stop bidding at about $180 million over eight years, perhaps a little bit more than that, maybe as much as $184 million.</p> <p>Their offer, whether it was $180 million or slightly more than that, is believed to still be on the table.</p> <p>The Red Sox's honchos likely were hopeful to bring Teixeira back to Boston when they embarked on their trip to Dallas. And while they may feel slightly less positive about their chances, they are still considered alive, along with the Nationals, Angels, Yankees and Orioles.</p> <p>Boston people, who didn't respond today to emails, surely were also disappointed to hear they don't have the high bid. But their strategy is a very disciplined one. They say they will not go beyond their targeted number, and apparently they are&nbsp;at that number&nbsp;now.</p> <p>But that doesn't mean they're out. When Red Sox owner <strong>John Henry</strong> issued a cryptic email late Thursday night saying they "are not going to be a factor'' anymore, baseball people are certain today that comment was almost universally misconstrued to mean they were dropping out of the derby. But Henry apparently didn't mean that they weren't going to be a factor in acquiring Teixeira; instead, all he was saying is that he was no longer going to be a factor in the escalating bidding war.</p> <p>Henry suggested that Teixeira's agent, <strong>Scott Boras</strong>, told them there was an offer or offers higher than theirs, without naming the team. The Angels, Nationals, Yankees and Orioles are the other teams believed to be in the bidding. It isn't known which team or teams may have bid higher than the Red Sox, and without knowing, Boston insists it's not going any higher.</p> http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/100/64/thumb/Heyman_Jon.png 0 NY Jon Heyman New York 10084 34242 <div class="photo_container image_right" style="width: 300px;"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/mark-teixeira-getty2.jpg" alt="Mark-teixeira-getty2" width="300" height="400" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">Mark Teixeira. Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images</div> </div> <p>Far from out of the running for&nbsp;<strong>Mark Teixeira</strong>, the Red Sox are believed to have raised their bid right to their final number on their trip Thursday to visit with Teixeira. While that Boston bid isn't known, baseball people believe the Red Sox were intending to stop bidding at about $180 million over eight years, perhaps a little bit more than that, maybe as much as $184 million.</p> <p>Their offer, whether it was $180 million or slightly more than that, is believed to still be on the table.</p> <p>The Red Sox honchos likely were hopeful to bring Teixeira back to Boston when they embarked on their trip to Dallas. And while they may feel slightly less positive about their chances, they are still considered alive, along with the Nationals, Angels, Yankees and Orioles.</p> <p>Boston people, who didn't respond today to emails, surely were also disappointed to hear they don't have the high bid. But their strategy is a very disciplined one. They say they will not go beyond their targeted number, and apparently they are&nbsp;at that number&nbsp;now.</p> <p>But that doesn't mean they're out. When Red Sox owner <strong>John Henry</strong> issued a cryptic email late Thursday night saying they "are not going to be a factor'' anymore, baseball people are certain today that comment was almost universally misconstrued to mean they were dropping out of the derby. But Henry apparently didn't mean that they weren't going to be a factor in acquiring Teixeira; instead, all he was saying is that he was no longer going to be a factor in the escalating bidding war.</p> <p>Henry suggested that Teixeira's agent, <strong>Scott Boras</strong>, told them there was an offer or offers higher than theirs, without naming the team. The Angels, Nationals, Yankees and Orioles are the other teams believed to be in the bidding. It isn't known which team or teams may have bid higher than the Red Sox, and without knowing, Boston insists it's not going any higher.</p>