The OC Register is reporting the Boston Red Sox have offered Mark Teixeira a eight year deal worth $200 million.
The report would blow the offers from the other teams completely out of the water and if true means we can expect a Teixeira press conference at Fenway by the end of the week.
Dan Patrick reported on his show on AM 570 that the Boston Red Sox have made first baseman Mark Teixeira an eight-year, $200 million offer.
If so, that blows the reported eight-year, $160 million offers by the Angels and the Washington Nationals out of the water.
Patrick said Monday morning: “If it’s true they’re offering $200 million to a career .290 hitter, it’ll be interesting to see what the Angels do.”
UPDATE 1:06AM: Tim Dierkes at MLB Trade Rumors has a bit saying a reader of his blog told him he heard the Dan Patrick comments and that Patrick was giving a hypothetical situation.
A reader who heard the show says Patrick was only speaking in the hypothetical with the $200MM figure, so Bloom's post was apparently inaccurate. This is why I typically avoid radio reports unless I hear them myself...sorry about that. In listening to the Reggie Miller interview on Patrick's site he was definitely only giving an opinion during that portion.
However later Monday Earl Bloom at The OC Register posted a followup where he clarified his original post and even took a shot at Dierkes.
This is a blog. There are comments made on the internet, the radio, television. We mention them, link to them, perhaps comment on them ourselves. It’s a discussion, people. First of all, if it was a news story, it would have cited sources. Mr. Patrick didn’t. He mentioned a report of $200 million, and then he said — which was quoted in the post — “if it’s true they’re offering $200 million to a .290 hitter, it’ll be interesting to see what the Angels do.” He then speculated about Manny Ramirez. That’s it, the extent of it. A comment on a comment on an unspecified report. Amazingly, even other bloggers didn’t get it.
UPDATE 9:51AM: Seems there may have been some accuracy to what Dan Patrick said yesterday. Michael Silverman is reporting Boston has made an offer to Teixeira for eight years and Teixeira seeking a deal closer to A-Rods per season salary then not.
Silverman says Boston views Teixiera in the same “must-have” light as they did Matsuzaka.
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Tim over MLB Trade Rumors said that it was Patrick just speculating about a Red Sox deal.
I updated the post with further clarification. While Patrick did go into a bit of hypotheticals he does mention a report of the offer mentioned, it would be interesting to find out exactly where the report Patrick heard came from.
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