Yankees Grab Tex...

[mcveyrl]

Wow. Their spendthriftiness knows no bounds...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3790141

[ASUMountaineer]

Buy that championship! Eff the Yankees...hopefully it will have the same result as the last time they tried to buy a championship by paying ARod. xlolx

[93henfan]

****ers.

[Blue Hen 53]

Dreadful news for us Orioles fans.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Wow. If Texiera averages 600 at bats be season, that is over $35,000 per at bat for eight years and over $131,000 per game.

To paraphrase Eddie Murphy - the guy don't ever have to worry about makin' ends meet - the ends will be meeting like a mother f-er.

:p

[gmoney55]

Sucks for next year's free agents when the Yanks won't be in the bidding quite as much.

[UNHWildCats]

its likely i will go off on the Red Sox ownership at some point today.

[biggie]

Trying to buy championships still, has worked for them lately, oh wait...

[89Hen]

In other news, 4000 Nats fans just asked for refunds of their season tix. xoopsx

[tribe_pride]

its likely i will go off on the Red Sox ownership at some point today.

Did you really want them to spend more than 180 over 8 years on Tex. That's not smart. Guess the Yanks really wanted to make sure that they were not under $200 million next year.

[gmoney55]

This should make the Manny market very interesting...I guess back to the Dodgers?

[FCS Preview]

Great news for Yankee fans as the Bombers get 3 of the top 4 free agents on the market...

[umassfan]

Great news for Yankee fans as the Bombers get 3 of the top 4 free agents on the market...

But now have 4 of the top 5 contracts in all of baseball.

[FCS Preview]

But now have 4 of the top 5 contracts in all of baseball.

Sportscenter said they had the Top 4.

They had $88M in payroll come off this year...and have not spent all that freed up money in getting CC, AJ and Teix.

[Zoo]

On ESPNews they kept calling the Yankees the evil empire. xlolx

They spent over $420 million on three players!

[UNHWildCats]

They have 12 players with 152.2 million total committed to them for 2009, that doesnt include Wang and Nady because I dont know their dollar amounts for 2009

[FCS Preview]

wang 5m

[YaleFootballFan]

This should make the Manny market very interesting...I guess back to the Dodgers?

It looks like it. Not many teams are even showing interest in Manny.

[Cleets]

It looks like it. Not many teams are even showing interest in Manny.

Because when he loses interest (which of course he will) you still have to pay him...

xnodx

[FCS Preview]

On ESPNews they kept calling the Yankees the evil empire. xlolx

They spent over $420 million on three players!

over 20 or 21 years though....

[tribe_pride]

over 20 or 21 years though....

That's still about $20 Million per year which is an amount that only 3 players made last year.

[phoenixphanatic21]

Glad to see the Yankees are back to just buying out all the best players in baseball. I missed that and it has worked SO well for them recently xoopsx

The Yankees now officially have the 4 highest paid players in the game today: A-Rod, Jeter, CC and now Teixiera

[FCS Preview]

Glad to see the Yankees are back to just buying out all the best players in baseball. I missed that and it has worked SO well for them recently xoopsx

Difference being that instead of paying for a 35-year old Sheffield, a 41 year-old Randy Johnson and a 36-year old Roger Clemens, the Yankees are getting a 28-year old Teixeira, a 32-year old Burnett and a 28-year old Sabathia...

Yankee fans got a great holiday present today!

[phoenixphanatic21]

On the plus side, I think this increases the Dodgers' chances of resigning Manny, who I think we really need back.

[UNHWildCats]

Difference being that instead of paying for a 35-year old Sheffield, a 41 year-old Randy Johnson and a 36-year old Roger Clemens, the Yankees are getting a 28-year old Teixeira, a 32-year old Burnett and a 28-year old Sabathia...

Yankee fans got a great holiday present today!
Burnett is as reliable as Carl Pavano and Sabathia is a hotdog away from exploding xlolx xlolx xlolx

[chantster]

its likely i will go off on the Red Sox ownership at some point today.

No doubt. When they couldn't close the deal last week on Tex, I knew the Sox were not gonna get him.

Yanks just waited until all the pretenders left the table, then swooped him up.

[andy7171]

While he's good and all, is Texeria really worth A-Rod or Manny money? Me thinks the last 2-3 years of this contract are going to be hard to swallow.

F U Yankees!

[andy7171]

In other news, 4000 Nats fans just asked for refunds of their season tix. xoopsx

HA! Did the Nats invest in that stadium trailer for when they move to Nevada? It's going to suck to have to pack that thing up.

[FCS Preview]

While he's good and all, is Texeria really worth A-Rod or Manny money? Me thinks the last 2-3 years of this contract are going to be hard to swallow.

F U Yankees!

He's not getting A-Rod money. A-Rod is getting what...$28M/yr? Teix is getting $22.5? That's almost 20% less than A-Rod.

And do you think an aging Manny (who will turn 37 this may) will give you better production at 37, 38, 39...than Teix will give you at 29, 30, 31?

[UNHWildCats]

He's not getting A-Rod money. A-Rod is getting what...$28M/yr? Teix is getting $22.5? That's almost 20% less than A-Rod.

And do you think an aging Manny (who will turn 37 this may) will give you better production at 37, 38, 39...than Teix will give you at 29, 30, 31?
A Rod gets $32 Million in 2009.

And A-Rod isnt worth A-Rod money lol

[blueballs]

Teixeira is a great defensive player, is by all accounts a good teammate, and puts up numbers. For the most part he has been durable too.

He is a notoriously slow starter and is known to hit 3 run homers in blowouts but flail away in late and close situations.

Having watched him in the Braves lineup for over 140 games I will say without reservation that he can't carry Chipper Jones' jock offensively or from a clutch/leadership standpoint. That is the difference between a star and a superstar.

He is a good addition to the Yanks though, because he balances their lineup (being a switch hitter) and is a great defensive player. He'll likely do well because he won't be the most scrutinized (how odd is that? $180mm and not in the biggest spotlight) and he'll get plenty of opportunities with RISP.

No way he's a $180mm talent though...

[UNHWildCats]

Teixeira is a great defensive player, is by all accounts a good teammate, and puts up numbers. For the most part he has been durable too.

He is a notoriously slow starter and is known to hit 3 run homers in blowouts but flail away in late and close situations.

Having watched him in the Braves lineup for over 140 games I will say without reservation that he can't carry Chipper Jones' jock offensively or from a clutch/leadership standpoint. That is the difference between a star and a superstar.

He is a good addition to the Yanks though, because he balances their lineup (being a switch hitter) and is a great defensive player. He'll likely do well because he won't be the most scrutinized (how odd is that? $180mm and not in the biggest spotlight) and he'll get plenty of opportunities with RISP.

No way he's a $180mm talent though...
Someone wrote that A Rod is probably the happiest about this signing, cause he likely wont be the loudest booed yankee at Fenway in 2009 xlolx

[FCS Preview]

A Rod gets $32 Million in 2009.

And A-Rod isnt worth A-Rod money lol

true...his contract goes down almost every year after that.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3153171

Signing bonus $10M
2008 $27M
2009 $32M
2010 $32M
2011 $31M
2012 $29M
2013 $28M
2014 $25M
2015 $21M
2016 $20M
2017 $20M
Total $275M

[UNHWildCats]

Hanks boys are as brain dead as he is.
xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx

[FCS Preview]

Hanks boys are as brain dead as he is.

Hanks boys?

[lucchesicourt]

If I was a player for the Yanks, and seeing how generous Steinbrenner is, I would look to renegotiate my contract. Afterall, it is the Christmas season. I think it's time for Wang, Rivera,Cano,Damon, etc. to ask for their fair share of the pot. 4 players getting as much as the 21 other players really doesn't seem fair to me. Afterall, who would win more games, the 21 other players or 4 great players? I'd bet the 21 would win 100% more games than the 4 stars. The 4 stars would win a big ZERO.
George it's time to pay everyone alike or face discontent in the clubhouse.
It is going to be fun to see the turmoil in NY.

[Appstate29]

Hanks boys are as brain dead as he is.

Didn't they get three great players? Won't they field a great team next year? Won't they turn a profit next year?

[TheValleyRaider]

Didn't they get three great players? Won't they field a great team next year? Won't they turn a profit next year?

Don't worry about him, just a bitter Sawks fan

[GannonFan]

Great and all for the Yanks, but still doesn't even make them the favorites in their own division. Sabbathia is a nice get, even though he's never been good in the postseason, but they haven't done much else with the pitching, which has been their downfall for most of the past decade. Almost never a better story, though, of the Yanks spending tons of cash and not winning anything - looks to be another year we get to have that story come September or October.

[ASUMountaineer]

If I was a player for the Yanks, and seeing how generous Steinbrenner is, I would look to renegotiate my contract. Afterall, it is the Christmas season. I think it's time for Wang, Rivera,Cano,Damon, etc. to ask for their fair share of the pot. 4 players getting as much as the 21 other players really doesn't seem fair to me. Afterall, who would win more games, the 21 other players or 4 great players? I'd bet the 21 would win 100% more games than the 4 stars. The 4 stars would win a big ZERO.
George it's time to pay everyone alike or face discontent in the clubhouse.
It is going to be fun to see the turmoil in NY.

Unless they played the Detroit Lions. I know it's a different sport, but I think they could manage. xlolx

[lucchesicourt]

I notice that Giambi may actually be a huge loss for NY. He hit 32 HRs in 53 fewer ABs than A-Rod. A-Rod had 35. Also, considering the loss of Abreu, the Yanks are losing 52 HRs and 196 RBI'S from these two. That could be a factor in next season, because I seriously doubt the Texeira and a replacement at DH will have comparable combines stats.