Could the whole Mark Teixeira saga be coming to an end in the next few days?
According to Lyle Spencer and Bill Ladsen of MLB.com, Texieria could be making a decision on his future in the coming days.
Decision day could be right around the corner for Mark Teixeira, according to a Major League source familiar with the negotiations. The source anticipates the free-agent first baseman’s highly anticipated announcement within the next few days.
The source believes the Red Sox remain in the lead for Teixeira’s services in spite of the statement by principal owner John Henry on Thursday night.
“This is going to end the old-fashioned way,” the source said, maintaining that money will not be the decisive factor. “He wants to be on the East Coast, and his wife wants to be there. I believe the decision will be based on family and geography.”
The source places the Nationals second in the Teixeira derby. It is believed the organization has been pitching Teixeira, known for his intelligence at the plate and diligence off the field, on the notion that the club has the potential to follow in the Rays’ golden path.
At the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, the Nationals extended an eight-year, $160 million offer for Teixeira. The source believes the Red Sox offered fewer years, but that the dollars and the exciting lure of The Nation might be enough to land Teixeira.
“If it’s based on long term,” the source said, “Teixeira will take the Nationals.”
If we are to believe the source , it sounds like it’s down to the Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals. So it’s a matter of whether he wants to win now or win in the future if that will even happen.
Let’s hope this ends in the Red Sox favor and we’re having a pre-Christmas press conference announcing the newest member of Red Sox Nation.
Dan Roche of WBZ-TV in Boston also offers some thoughts as well regarding the whole Teixeira saga.
