Mark Teixeira leaning towards Os?

its still a win for the Red Sox. Maybe not as good as Teix playing 1b for the Sox, but he is on a team that cannot hurt the Red Sox and seriously hurts the Angels. Plus, this would almost guarantee Manny in Anaheim, which will be fun. Scoscia v. Manny will be better than Parcells v. T. O..

Sox save their money, sign an arm or two, get a 4th OF and lets see what happens in Spring Training.

Even without Teix Red Sox have to be the favorites in the AL east in 09.

In that way, he is a lot like A-Rod. Teix wants his payday. He has waited his whole career tio be a free agent. If he ends up in Washington or Baltimore, I’m OK with that. I don’t even care if he stays in LA. I just don’t want him or Manny in NY.

I hate this off-season.

Teix with the Orioles wouldn’t surprise me all that much.

We need to do something.

That he’d go to the O’s or Nat’s for what? An extra 10-15mil over 7-8 years? When you are pulling $160+ mil over 8 years, can an extra $10 mil really make that big of difference?
For me it wouldn’t. I’d much rather play for a club that will be willing to utlise their resources to try to win the series every year.
Why go somewhere where the attitude is “we are hoping to make the playoffs?”
I say f*ck that, I’d go somewhere(Bos, LA, NY) where the attitude is “we are aiming to win it all this year and anything less is failure.”
Is $10 mil over 8 years worth subjecting yourself to mediocrity? I never would and anyone who does for a pittance is an effing moron in my book and I wouldn’t want him on my team. ’nuff said.

S. Boras is behind Teixeira and everyone knows he cares little for what happens to his clients outside of how much money they get and how much he makes.

Boras is using the Red Sox to set up a bidding war between LAA and the Dodgers for Manny.

He needs the Red Sox to up the price so that the Nats, Os or Red Sox pay close to his 10/200 number. If Teixeira signs with LAA, Boras and Manny are screwed. MFY are not really interested in either. So he priced out the Angels knowing they will come to him when Teixeira signs with an east coast team and they need Manny to keep up with the Red Sox, Tampa Bay, MFY and the White Sox (likely teams for the 09 playoffs).

To be honest Boras has done a masterful job at orchestrating the entire off-season. Wait till he sells D. Lowe as a Cy candidate and convinces the Mets they cannot win without D. Lowe in the rotation for 5 years 18 million a year.