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Teixeira watch part IX....The final stages?


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Nats 8/178-184 ($23/yr) could go to 9/207 or 10/230.

Did PA, AM & Co. wait a day too long and end up a dollar too short?

I am going to bold this:

THERE IS NO WAY I GIVE MARK TEIXEIRA 10/230!!!

His is a good baseball player, but he doesn't come up as one of the games best. Maybe one of baseball's best 5 first baseman, but not one of the games 15 best player. This type of contract can really hurt teams after year 6 of the deal. There will be more good players that will come along next year that will not require a 9 or 10 year deal at $23 Million per.

I mean, I love the Baltimore Ravens, but I would pay $20,000 to 2 tickets to the Superbowl if $12,000 was my limit.

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Nats 8/178-184 ($23/yr) could go to 9/207 or 10/230.

Did PA, AM & Co. wait a day too long and end up a dollar too short?

I want Tex as much as everyone elese but, If the Nats are willing to pay that much money for him I think we should let them have him. Im sorry but that is way to much money.
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He won't let the Lerners take the guy he's coveted for so long IMO. Teixeira as a Nat also takes away fans from OPACY.

I wonder if the Nationals have anything up their sleeve, even they must realize Tex alone won't turn them into a contender.

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I don't think they have waited to long at all. As many on the board believe the thinking was that we would get the last chance to bid and make a final offer instead of bidding against ourselves.

You know, the more I think about this, the O's lose out if any team freaks out in dealing with Boras. Which I think might have just happened. Instead of tabling a 8/170 offer when the pickings were slim for Tex, we have just entered a situation where we may have to go to 9/210 to land him.

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Angelos will not let Tex go to the Nats IMO. I think we are about to make our WOW offer...

The rumor was we did...the weekend before last.

I'm thinking one of two things happened: we did make the offer and it wasn't as much of a "wow" as some had thought, or we did not make the offer. Personally, I'm leaning to the latter.

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I wonder if the Nationals have anything up their sleeve, even they must realize Tex alone won't turn them into a contender.

They are desperate for a draw to their ballpark. Fortunately for Orioles fans, the Orioles are in the same boat IMO....

I don't see the Red Sox offering him that much, and I think we at least match what ever the Nationals are offering.

8/176-184 is quite a range. And the 9th and 10th year can always be option years.

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