I have a feeling we lost when the Yankees signed CC and Burnett. The Red Sox hand has been forced and we have already seen them go against their beliefs and offer 8 years.

It is just a matter of time now. We are not going to go beyond 8 years and will tough to outbid the Sox without putting ourselves in a financial hole.

I don’t even care anymore if we get him. I’ve given up hope. I just want to see what our Plan B-Z options become and get this going.

ESPN reported yesterday that Boston didn’t want to give Tex or anyone for that matter, a 10-year deal.

If that’s true, then without knowing exactly how much Boston has offered Tex, I would say that we are the front-runners and Boras is holding out for a 10-year deal from someone.

Why do I think we’re the front-runner? Because if Boston offered him the same deal that Arte did, then all things being equal and according to Conventional Wisdom, he would have signed with Boston because:

A) If you go with CW, Boston would be the better choice because they have won more championships in the past 5 years.

B) If you got with CW, Boston is much closer to “home” than Anaheim.

With those thoughts in mind, I say that Arte has offered either the best deal out there or the same deal that Boston has. IMO either Boston is going to up their offer and Arte will counter – OR John Henry will stick to his guns and not offer 10-years and Tex will re-sign with the Halos.

Thoughts?

I could stand to wait a little longer for my $160 Million…

is that his wife grabbed him by the balls and told him she wants to go to the east coast, but he wants to stay here. I just hope this ends soon whether we get him or not its kind of annoying now.

Howiestheman and I have it all under control…if Teix signs with the Sox, we’re gonna suicide bomb Fenway and get a Law and Order episode made for us. It was all planned out months ago.

Just don’t let the Feds see this thread, plz.

(Speculation.)
Angels have made an offer for Tiex, and it’s the best one so far. Boras is waiting in hopes that a better offer comes along. But as of right now, no better offers have shown up. So the Angels are currently the Tiex derby front-runners, despite many “experts” saying otherwise.
(/Speculation.)

Offer him the 10 yr. / $200m deal and end the nonsense. I realize I’m playing with Arte’s money, but the financial impact of moving from 8 yr / $160m to 10 yr / $200m is not until 2017. If Tex says the deal gets done at 10/200, put it on the table. Boston has said they won’t go to 10 years. If we can live with 5 years of GMJ, then two years of Tex when he’s 36 or 37 should not be show-stopper to retaining what ownership has stated is the franchise’s “#1 priority”.

I really believe if 10/200 was offered by the Angels, Boras would find another “requirement” to close the deal. I just don’t think he wants to play out west.

you want to trade this for Beantown?!?!?@!

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/pgStory?contentId=8950370&MSNHPHMA#sport=MLB&photo=8948490

Rosenthal on the Top Free Agents and where they’ll go. Shocker….none of them to the Angels.

and they are looking to seal the deal tonite/tomorow morning. We offered 8/180 and will lose

Let them have him. That contract is obscene.

23 million a year for mark teixeira? I’ll take the draft picks, thank you very much.

I’ve been hold out hope. But, I guess it’s time to turn the page. Does anyone think we’d be able to get Manny plus another good bat? Manny is still going to require a lot of cash. Just not so many years.

I’ve felt all along that we’d lose the Teixeira sweepstakes. And we’ll compensate by signing Manny. And it’s all just going to suck.

Isn’t Arte supposed to bankrupt himself so some fans can live vicariously and bask in the reflected glory of other people’s accomplishments?

Evil Empire part two

.I’ll tell you why. Tex has the ultimate responsibility to make sure whoever HE hires doesn’t misrepresent him. So whatever is on the table right now is not enough for Tex. Boras has told him about the money being offered from all teams.

So let’s look at this: The initial deal Boras &Tex was publicly asking for was a 10year 200 million dollar deal. I have only heard Boras utter these words, not Tex. Now maybe even Tex felt he was worth that, but I doubt that, I think he went to Scot and said what is the most you think I am worth. I want to beleive this, though I have no proof, because I want to believe Tex is a fair-minded guy who wouldn’t put out a firm number instead of a fair contract range.
From every single baseball analyst I have read or heard, they all agree that a 10yr/200million deal was UNREALISTIC from the start, especially in these economic times. I have heard Boras is SEEKING that deal.
 So that leaves us with the reported deals out there currently. All 8 year deals from $160million to $180million, coincedentally what the baseball community experts all predicted. And all of these are absolutely great contracts for Tex . So if Tex really wanted to sign the current top offer, I believe he would have. He is in control of his destiny, Not Boras, So either Tex is sitting around waiting to see if any other teams are going to “Sucker” up and pay him more money (because it was Boras setting his value and it’s Scot telling him to chill), which in my book is the sign of a greedy player or Tex beleives he’s worth that money. My biggest concern is if he signs the current deal with the Angels he will be unhappy. We have all seen what happens when you have a big time player who is unhappy because he feels he’s underpaid. I don’t want that. Particularly for 8 years.
In the end, what we really need to know is who came up with this 10year $200million dollars for Tex’s worth? To this point in his career, he has been the poster boy of professionalism. Was that just to get him to this negotiating point? Time will tell.

I am waiting for the “why are you for Manny then” questions.
Answer: Cheaper deal & Shorter deal for the risk!