Comments on: Do You Want Your Team to Nab Teixeira?

By: JRod

JRod — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:14:25 +0000

Despite my Midwestern roots, I have lived down in Dallas off an on for the past three years. No one, and I mean no one, down here has anything nice to say about Teixeira. He apparently is not a good guy in the clubhouse and is far and away more about Mark Teixeira than he is about his team.

Luckily, my beloved White Sox have not been mentioned in the Tex Sweepstakes. He puts up numbers, and he is valuable for a fantasy roster, but at least during his time in Texas he did not make any friends, nor believers, in his ability to function as an integral part or a leader of a winning team.

Maybe he’s matured since, and I have nothing personal against him so I hope he has, but I’d put a huge Buyer Beware stamp on any team looking to invest a 9-figure deal in Tex.

By: ThisGuy

ThisGuy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:07:28 +0000

Tex or no Tex, neither team is worth a half a shit until they straighten out their entire organizations from the top down. The Orioles are closer but still not built for the long haul, and with larger obstacles (Boston, NYY) to overcome than the Nats.

Either of these teams signing Teixeira is like decorating a crack house with fancy Christmas lights. That shit is pretty, temporary, and masks the blighted ugliness of its host. For the record I did see this very thing in Philly this weekend.

By: Terps77

Terps77 — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:26:05 +0000

It makes me sad the O’s havent locked Markakis up in a long term deal. The Red Sox covet players like him.

By: smurphette

smurphette — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:22:57 +0000

Jamie, I am totally with you in feeling completely “meh” about this. Big contracts always make me think a player is doomed to fail, but it sure would be fun if he could stay healthy and produce.

By: StetSportsBlog

StetSportsBlog — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:56:38 +0000

The Orioles are building for youth and speed, and I give them credit for that. But if they didn’t make this offer, their interest in thrift over winning would’ve been apparent, and fans would’ve revolted in a “let’s still go to the games but be unhappy about it” kind of way.

I’m hoping the Orioles get him, but wheels and deals for some starting pitching and a deal for Markakis.

By: Terps77

Terps77 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:11:28 +0000

The Os need to sign Teixeira. They need to signal fans that its OK to come back to watch baseball in Camden. The current line up gives him good protection. I am concerned about his being worth the money, but I think he wants to and is conditioned to win. Roberts, Mora, Markakis, Tex, Huff, Scott, Jones, Wieters isnt murders row, but its not a bad line up.

Apparently we have some solid arms in Bowie and Frederick.

More importantly, I trust McPhail to do the right thing. If Angelos will let him.

By: brydan

brydan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:35:07 +0000

I’m an O’s fan and I realize how nasty the O’s lineup could be with Teix immediately. I also feel the O’s are “closer” whatever that means, then the Nats.

But the O’s didn’t have problems scoring runs last year. They were at least average. They gave up 800+ runs. I’d take that money and sign as many pitchers as freakin possible. The O’s have ok bats even if Huff doesn’t make 30/1000 again and a rock solid bullpen with Johnson/Albers/Baez/Sherrill/Ray.

Starting pitching. The sooner Baltimore gets it, the sooner they contend and win. We all know it. So let’s hope Baltimore can just do it!

By: Jeff V

Jeff V — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:26:44 +0000

Like the Mottrams, I also have duel citizenship with the O’s and Nats. I think Mark T. is not worth this much money for his production alone. However, if either that Nats or O’s get him he would immediately make both franchises better and would help them land more quality free agents in the future.

Right now the Nats (and the O’s to a lesser extent) are playing with confederate money. They would have to give a 20% premium–at least–to any player just because of who they are. If the Nats get Tex they’d have Zim and Tex to build around. If the O’s get Tex they’d have the line up Jamie listed above.

Either way its worth it.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:50:58 +0000

None of them can pitch no but thats cool. Jeremy Guthrie just dropped Boras as his agent so for his next deal he won’t be asking for 25 years, 1 trillion dollars, like all Boras’ clients start at.

By: Chris Mottram

Chris Mottram — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:39:11 +0000

“You can’t tell me if the O’s and Nationals met in the World Series (excuse me for a second — hahahahhahhahahha), you would just be indifferent.”

Fortunately, we’ll never have that problem.