Boras and Cashman Scheme to Try to Make the Sox Pay More
Yesterday there was a meeting between Yankees GM Brian Cashman, super agent Scott Boras and his client Mark Teixiera in Washington. It is no secret that the Yanks want C.C. so why is Cashman talking about Teixiera in this meeting? The answer comes from the N.Y. Times:
"The Yankees’ priority is pitching, and Cashman met with Teixeira at the request of the agent Scott Boras."
The Yankees have no real interest in Mark Teixeira but it would benefit
Scott Boras, Mark Teixeira and Cashman if it is perceived they are interested. Teixeira's price would go up and the Red Sox might have to pay more for him making them have less money to sign another high priced free agent like Derek Lowe, a player the Yankees are really interested in signing. Boras is not afraid to use Cashman to help drive up the price of his client. The Evil Empire is alive and well and working with baseball's second least popular person. (Bud Selig still has a tight hold on the #1 spot.)
1 comments:
A dirty move to be sure, but all part of the game I suppose.
I look at it this way: The Yankees are much more desperate than the Red Sox are right now... if we spend more than we really have to on Tex, we'll be fine.
It's the Yanks that need to find away to afford multiple free agent signings.
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