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Don't Sign Mark Teixeira

Now that I have everybodys attention, I want to preface that I am not totally against us signing him. I just feel there are much better options for the Red Sox.

If we sign Teixeira we are going to have a serious position crunch at 1B/3B/DH. Lets face we are going to have to get rid of someone. Right now that looks like it would have to be Mike Lowell. Call me biased because I am a huge Lowell fan, but it would be one of the biggest mistakes we could make trading him away. Lately we have had a trend of signing players for discounts because they want to win and they enjoy playing in Boston. Lowell is one of those players, he signed with us for 3 years when the Phillies offered him 4 years and more money. His reasoning for staying was that he enjoyed playing in Boston.

What kind of message would we send to our players by trading away a guy who took a discount for us, who is also one of our team leaders and has done everything we have asked of him? Are players going to want to sign for discounts? Is it going to ruin the team chemistry?

Second point. We will be dropping alot of bank to get Teixeira. Yeah I know we have the money, but we could spend it on other things. We could sign some of our young players to long term contracts (Youk, Pedroia, Lester). What happens in a couple years from now when we have too much money on the books and we can't resign these stud players we have groomed so well?

Third point. What about Lars Anderson? I know he is not fully developed but, this guy looks like a future Mark Teixeira. He has a great eye at the plate, gritty, good defensively. Most likely the worst we will get out of him is another Kevin Youkilis. Mike Lowell will come of the books in two years, and Lars will be MLB ready then.

After all this is said, I would not be pissed off if we sign Teixeira because well its Mark F***ing Teixeira. I just want everyone to realize what would have to happen in order for it to happen. Is it really worth all that? Who knows who will be available in two years as well?