22 mil/yr 6 years. Of course he will turn it down and sign with the the yanks for 26 mil per year for 8 years.

So why worry about it?

Don’t go higher than that on the years, perhaps on the $$$

If that won’t do it, sod it, he can pack up his trailer and piss off back up the interstate.

Use the money you save from buying out GA to put toward signing Teixeira to a deal. Sit down with Boras now, to find out how much it is going to take to resign him, and try and find a way to sign him without turning our payroll into a Yankees type of situation.

would be to ask Teixiera (NOT Boras) if he really wants to stay here.

Based on other comments I have seen posted here on HH, I have my doubts. So, no reasonable amount of money or length of contract will work…and Boras will just play teams against one another to drive up the final contract.

Try — hard with Scott Boras, to be sure — to create a sense of urgency, maybe offering a sweet deal (7/150 or something) in a 30-day window. The whole team’s construction changes wildly depending on whether he signs, so we need to know ASAP.

He’s worth it, do whatever it takes to keep him here.

I beg you to keep U Haul here. He has a chance to be a Hall of Famer. Give up as much money as he wants, and let Frankie and Johnny and Judy. I think I’m speaking for most Angel Fans. PLEASE SIGN HIM ARTE!

Spend the money on Frankie.

KIDDING!

But I wonder if anyone is actually going to say anything different than spend Frankie money on Uhaul.

we have around 37 mill to spend to keep the payroll where Arte wants it. We need to figure out what to do in LF one bulpen spot and one SP spot. We are already paying Kelvim, so here’s to hoping he can come back and be our closer (that way he is not throwing a lot of innings on a rebuilt arm)
By signing Tex a lot of pieces can fall into place, you can offer him 7-8 years at 21-22 a year, you can then offer GA 6-7 mil for 1 year plus an option year, give Lackey his 5 mil raise. that leaves anywhere from 3-5 mil left over for small time free agents that need to be signed or to retain Figgy with his raise whatever, the important piece is Texiera. IF he leaves Lackey has stated that offense is important in his re-uping decision. He might want to leave. We have the money (37 mil to play with)
Lets lock up our next Vlad for years to come, Imagine getting vlad before his knees went bad

whatever it takes. I’ll even help. I got a couple of bucks in my wallet.

$22 million (or however much) being a lot now, but could possibly be a decent deal 8 years down the road. Yeah I know all the economy bs thats going on, but I don’t quite see another Black Thursday coming.

I say do whatever it takes. If that means spend an extra $2 million more per year than we wanted, DO IT. This guy is worth every penny.

GMJ started out great too….what happened to him?
HK started out great….what happened to him?

please please don’t let Tex do that next year if we sign him.

He is the big bat we’ve been waiting for for years! Patient, glove, power and great club guy. He should be the biggest contract Angels gave in history of the team. And everything else our team needs is already in house. I don’t care what he makes. I like him on our team.

This guy is a young stud who will be worth whatever he ends up getting.

And if you don’t, don’t sign anyone.

I’m poor. Rabbit ears on a 27" TV poor. Poverty and unemployment kinda poor. I made it to three games this season, splurging to spend more money on my credit card just to see the Angels play. I took my two year/old to his first game this year. I’m so poor that I usually don’t buy anything at the stadium.

It seems the first obstacle we face in bringing Teix back is location. If we can get past that, throw everything you can into bringing him back, monetarily. My poorassness situation is improving, and with a Teix resign, I promise to spend all my hard earned pay on jersey’s, hats, and other merchandise by going to more games in ’09.

Thanks,
Jason

Cut half the roster and sign this guy!

Do whatever it takes!!!

that is, don’t mortgage the future on one player. We all know how ARod has turned out for the Yanks (or the Rangers for that matter)

Make him an offer he can’t refuse.

I thought you would skip Mark Teixeira during this “Tell the Angel’s what to do.” Because to me it seems all to obvious how bad we want Tex to stay in Anaheim.

It sucks, but the Angels have to beat any offer the Yankees make, I’d say up to $25 mill a year. This guy is a rarity, the ind of bat Vlad was when he first came, except with discipline and better health.

He may not be interested in playing for the Angels when he could be a new Yankee in a new Yankee Stadium, hitting in front of A-Rod (which in and of itself is ludicrous), but the Angels have to try their darndest. This kind of hitter is a rarity in today’s non-steroid game. Whatever it takes, guys.

how bout every single one of us writes an email or letter to the angels forwarding to Arte telling him how much we want him to sign Tex. Arte is about the people so they say so he would definitely take the letters. Anybody else want to join?

Since we didn’t go to the Series, he will go to the highest bidder. Unfortunately, this is the ugly truth.

We need a new franchise player (to add/complement to the aging Vladdy and Torii), and he would be worth the long and expensive investment.

There’s no doubt he should be our number one priority this offseason

Appeal to the attractiveness of playing in SoCal, in the AL West, and in the playoffs. Fire Butcher so he knows we’re serious about improving the offense of this club. Embroider first base with his name.

Then make him an offer that no one will be willing to match. He’s THAT good.

give or take a couple million (just keep it under $25 million). Throw in an option for an 8th year (California law prohibits a contract longer than 7 years unless it’s a player option to go beyond that.

get rid of frankie and GMJ, get cheaper players and give the money saved to Mark

7 years with 2 option years, $21MM per.

I believe the biggest trick is to get him to fall in love with The OC, and if this dude is married, you definitely get wife-e-pooh on board. Hell, show him AZ as well. Winters in Scottsdale & Summers in Newport Beach. How bad can that be??? After that, of course you make the offer. We all know they are going to make an offer, but I think there are certain intangables that need to be marketed to Mr. & Mrs. Teixeira.

Based on everything said (and from what we know about Boras), Teix is going to the highest bidder. No exceptions.

Give the guy a 7 year, $22 million deal. Go to 8 years if you have to. Vladdy doesn’t have all that many great years left unless the doctors can do something magical with his knees this offseason. This will be our new franchise guy.

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Name the Stadium after Scott Boras or Mark Teixeira.

to the Mark Teixeira salary fund. When the Angels are doing great we celebrate a drink up. If they stink it up, we drown our sorrows in beer and boo the hell out of Mark for making our beers so damn expensive while we watch the Halos ……well let’s not go there.

Tex has been with Boras since his senior year of HS (98). The relationship has made both very wealthy.

From what I understand Tex currently is living in AZ calling that home from his days as a Ranger (spring training complex). With the Angels making that their home as well for spring this might make the Angels a true front runner.

I truly believe that this is a huge priority with the organization. The only way the Angels even have a chance to sign a player like Tex is because he has now been with the team and seen the way things go. Kind of like the 90 day probation period, but in this case it was for both sides

If he wants to stay we should pay him what he wants. If he wants to go leave him but either way we’re gonna need more power hitters.

There is no free agent out there who can lead the Angels to victory in so many ways. Yes Dunn, Burrell, and Ramirez can hit, but among the free agent hitters out there, Teixiera is the only one who can save runs on defense, the others should all be DH’s.

NT

Hand the man your checkbook and turn around, and give him as long as he needs to think of a figure to write on the line.

Give the money to GA and see if we can work an extension for GMJ.

just an Idea is all haha

Del Taco might not be enough. If Tony can mapquest a Naugles or Foster’s Freeze, take Boras and get him to make the deal.

Plus free lunch at weinershnitzlel.

Make it happen Tony.

for the love of god!
over the last 54 games vlad hit like .400. is that a coincidence? no.
TEX=MAKES WHOLE TEAM BETTER

…pray he takes it!

otherwise i’m not sure of the chance we have next year.

I agree with most of everyone that Tex is a monster and that re-signing him would have positive effects on the Angels team. I love Tex and totally want to resign him. However, resigning him to an 8 year contract is craziness. That makes him 37 by the end of the contract. WTF? Do we want Tex COACHING first base for his last two years? To put things in perspective…Vlad’s hobbling ass will be 33 next year. Salmon retired at 38 with his last two years a bust. (Nothing against Timmy…he was just injured a bunch)

I have never been really all that clear on the terms of contracts but if we sign him to 8 years we need to have some sort of ability to opt out of the contract after 5.

Then again, I realize that eventually Tex would move to DH…and Eddie Murray (also a first basemen) crushed 22 home runs at the age of 40 as DH. But still…I think the option should be in there…(if such a thing exist).

Whatever it takes, whatever amount., whatever length we can. Just sign him

I say you go above what you even think would sign him. The Yankees are going to try and throw the entire franchise at him, so the only way the Halos get him is if you give him far more than you expect would sign him.

Give him a 20% share of ownership of the Angels
Name the Big A after him (as suggested by someone above)
Build a stature of Teix in the main entrance by the hats.
Give him his own private jet to use as he likes (even if it means flying separate from the team on road trips)
Give him his own private locker room at the Big A (or big Teix)
Allow him the chance to opt out of his contract every 2 years to keep him motivated (in which case he gives up his 20% share of the Angels)
Finance a movie in which he is the star (film genre of his choice) or finance an album in which he can sing country or any other musical genre of his choice.

pay him……he was awesome in the ALDS

who said that??

sign this guy “by any means necessary.”