8 Years or More to Get Teixeira
The Red Sox will have to offer and at least 8 years to sign Mark Teixeira. Right now the Nats and the Angels both have 8 year offers on the table and each has an extra added incentive. The Nats offer the home town angle and Teixeira recently bought a house in So Cal while he was with the Angels. The Sox are going to at minimum match an 8 year offer and possibly go 9 to land him. Is it worth it? In the short term I have to say no, but he is a guy that could be the backbone of the offense for years to come. $20 million a year for 8 years in this economy is a pretty significant committment. Are you ready for $12 beers at Fenway?
2 comments:
I agree and think the amounts were talking about are getting silly. It would be great to have Teixeira but wouldn't a plan B with Dunn work and plan for Lars Anderson in the next year or so?
I don't think the Sox even need Dunn, it wasn't so much the loss of Manny's bat as Ortiz's injury last season. If Papi and Lowell are healthy I think the Sox could have a good lineup until the arrival of Lars down the road.
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