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Monday, December 22, 2008

Olney's latest on Teixeira

ESPN's Buster Olney has a good read on the Mark Teixeira negotiations. In it, he maintains the Red Sox will still eventually sign him. He also has some Yankees news in there, specifically their role in the negotiations.

The Yankees made an initial offer that was believed to be markedly less than what the other offers have been, and since then they have withdrawn that offer. They are pushing to cut their payroll in 2009, and they cannot sign Teixeira and accomplish that unless they could dump the contract of Hideki Matsui and others, in a market flush with corner outfielders. Their focus continues to be on starting pitching, and at some point they could re-engage a free agent who could come cheaply.
Focus still on starting pitching? They just spent $243.5 million on starting pitching! It's time to upgrade the offense, whether it's Manny Ramirez, Adam Dunn, etc.

If Andy Pettitte's return is "virtually inevitable," how much more do they need to focus on starting pitching? Think offense, folks.

5 comments:

Bostowned said...

Adam Dunn? Why dont you just resign Giambi if your suggesting guys like Dunn. lol.

Manny or Tex. Period. I prefer Tex since hes younger and would force Boston to trade for some more offense or sign a lesser free agent.

Adam Dunn. Pffffffttttttttttt

Anonymous said...

Joe says.....
Buster Olney is about as sharp as a bag of wet hair. Having Scott Boras' maid going through his garbage is NOT a reliable source. ESPN is not in the loop and they can't stand it.

Andrew Fletcher said...

I like Dunn a lot. He's younger than Giambi and won't cost Giambi money.

I agree, Joe. We've barely heard anything from Gammons, Kurkjian or Stark this offseason so far. Everything's been from Heyman or Rosenthal, with the occasional contribution from their own Jerry Crasnick.

Anonymous said...

Joe says....
I think all those guys are getting their info from Scott Proctor's Arm!

Andrew Fletcher said...

I wish! Hopefully in a few years...

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