Teixeira roundup

Mark Texiera isnt all the answers.What if he gets injured badly.Remember there are 8 other players out on the field who have to do there jobs.Look at what a stiff A-Rod is!There pitching is a little better.CC Sabathia cant handle the Sox all the time.Scott Boras is a troll in heat.AJ Burnett shouldnt have left Toronto.We will still be competitive with the Yankees regardless of there team.I just wont be around Fenway Park when they come to town.Its a zoo and a very ugly scene after the games in the bars.Thanks I'll stay home

Please don't quote Mike Lupica as a New York sportswriter, the "man" is the face of self serving negativity and is disliked by New York fans of all sports. If you ever read his paper, the Daily News, you'll notice that comments are allowed and encouraged for all its columnists, except Lupica. While his life is to write negative articles about everything from the pope to trash pickups he apparently can't take having people disagree with him.

Best defensive 1b in baseball? Some guy named Pujols may be to differ. Really, as far as the glove goes he isn't that far ahead of guys like Kotchman and Youks.

Does the move (along with the others) make the Yanks better? Of course. Are they at this point in time the team to beat? Sure. Were these moves a good idea for the long term health of NY? No one knows for sure.

The economy is a mess, NY is already losing several deals from dealerships for ads on YES. The luxory boxes aren't selling like they thought they would and they just unloaded 400 million. I would be thrilled if I was a Yankee fan, but also somewhat worried about the gamble they just took.

In addition, (and I would have loved to had the guy in a sox uni for 160 million) Tex isn't an amazing player. He's merely a very good one. He's more Will Clark than Alex Rodriquez. I'd be much more worried if they Yanks had snagged Beltran a couple years back. A very good hitting, good fieling first basemen? Yeah, it's troubling, but it ain't the end of the world.

Getting Tex does not guarantee a World Series, but makes the Yanks competitive and interesting. All it will take is an injury to one of their new signinings and/or an off year, and these signings will not mean much. Sox need to sign a catcher with hitting prowess, a fourth outfielder, and decide on the fututre of the shortstop position. As it stands now, the Sox have a good chance of making the playoffs and possibly going further. I welcome the Yanks new players and wish them an unhealthy and not so prosperous year.

I guess this means they don't actually have to play the games.

New York can have Tex. Lets see who laughts last???

IF the Yankees were any other corporation in the US and reinvested in themselves like they do, they would be praised. I personally think they made some good deals that may or may not give them a championship. But it will make for an exciting team to watch and a good team to hate for those jealous. I think that other owners are mad because they pocket the cash instead and it makes them look bad to their fans

I don't know why the Yankees are spending money like they are but need public funding for the new stadium?!?! As a Red Sox fan living and working in NY state, I think its ridiculous just like the NY governor going to Iraq on the taxpayer's dime! Why are taxpayers bailing out the Yankees with their stadium? Can someone give me a bailout?

It is wonderful to read all the comments written by Yankee haters. It just means we are doing well. The more crap you all spew the more I am sure of a wonderful future for the Greatest Sports Franchise EVER in the history of the World. The New York Yankees.. (I get giddy just writing that) It's great to be a Yankee fan.

I have no problem with the Yankees signing CC, AJ, and Teixeira as long as they drop their request to the City of New York for over $250 million for the new Toilet. Any team that can spend that kind of money on players should never be subsidized by taxpayers, many of whom aren't Yankee fans.

Despite the expensive signings this off-season the Yanks payroll will be less in 2009 than 2008! With a new (sold out) stadium opening and a lower payroll the Yanks could have put the $80 million or so from expiring contracts in their pocket but instead put it back into the team. And that's what Yankee fans want.

What talent has Boston developed and won with? The keys to their 2 World Series championships were Manny (Indian), Oritz (Twins), Schilling (every place) and Beckett (Marlins). Don't give me the 2nd baseman and center fielder names (who are they again?) as championship caliber players just yet. We'll see where they are in a few years!!! And Paplebon? Was he really drafted by the sox? Look a little deeper for the truth!

The Rays is probably the only successful team in baseball that can honestly say they have home grown talent. And of course, this is out of necessity not choice!

We missed out on the best hitter in Baseball ....Manny; a game changer, and the most menacing hitter in the 10 years. Tex is a good, solid hitter; and that's what we got. Let's see how he hits American league pitchers over a full season. Let's not prematurely jump for joy ////// Richard, from San Francisco.

REQUIRED READING FOR RED SOX FANS.

"I know we're supposed to be devastated by this, but we're not; for us to lament it does no good," Maddon told the Los Angeles Times in Wednesday's editions. "Of course, Teixeira is a wonderful player -- the Yankees always go after the biggest and the best, and they've done themselves well this winter.

"But we're going to do it our way. It comes down to if you pitch well, you're going to stop good hitters. A lot of what we did last year was based on pitching and good defense. If we continue to do those things well, we'll be right there."

YA SEE GUYS,
YANKEES FANS UNDERSTAND THAT MADDEN SPEAKS THE TRUTH.
SO WHY ARE RED SOX FANS PANICKING?
WELL, IT'S THEIR STYLE AND THEIR HERITAGE.
THE FACT IS - THEY'RE REALLY NOT A VERY FUN CROWD.

OK, BOSOX FANS, READ IT ONE MORE TIME.......
GET IT? FEEL BETTER? NO?

OH, NEVERMIND.

GO YANKEES 2009!

There is always a silver lining fans. How about these possibilities;
1. Yanks tank again despite obscene payroll, How sweet would that be for the
NATION?
2, Sox focus on pitching without committing any seven-year gaffes with overweight
under achievers(CC)or long-term deals for perennial DL'ers (AJ).
Steinbrenners choke on their cash and Boras loses his in the next Ponzi scheme!!!!

why is it that red sox fans say foolish things like " The yanks can have Tex, we'll see who has the last laugh?". If they are truly part of the Nation, wouldnt they realize from reading , that the Sox really wanted this guy?? They had Tex on their radar for a long time... The Sox let him get away for 1 mil per year. The Sox have plenty of money they could easily have paid that. The Yanks didnt win, the Sox made a blunderous mistake.

25 limos for 25 players does not a championship make.

Those are the players the Red Sox wanted the Yankees to sign. The trip to Texas was a big deke job and the Steinnbrenner boys bit it. Those additions to an aging line up will not make a big difference. CC can't pitch a big game. AJ gets hurt all the time( remember Carl Pavano) Tex will not off set the loss of Abreau and Giambi. The Red Sox wanted to burden the Yankees with a heavy pay roll. The Red Sox are like poker players. They want to see the other players hand before they deal. Look for the Red Sox to make some big moves in the next few weeks.

"the Yanks could have put the $80 million or so from expiring contracts in their pocket but instead put it back into the team. And that's what Yankee fans want."

OR to put toward the subsidy the city gave them. That's what the NYC taxpayers want.

Also, I love how people say "they are still under last years payroll" as if that obscene amount is an acceptable benchmark for validity. $423M spent on 3 players in the past few weeks while the NYC foots the bill and the rest of America is unemployed...and somehow this is OK because a billionaire owner wants (aka has to buy) a World Series title.

It's going to be so sweet to beat this team next year.

What infuriates Yankee fans is that we don't fear them anymore, due to the fact that we have a better farm system, better management, and a better overall organization. Yankee fans will never be able to get their mojo back because we have basically kicked their cans up and down the block for the past 5 years.

It's a new age, New York. You're chasing us now :-)

Not worried at all...

Go SOx

The MTA is asking for a fair increese and the Yankees just spent about a billion $$$ on a bunch of baseball players, but at the end of the day Boston sucks!

The Yankees are ruining baseball.

I really think these players like cc mark and aj can give this organization the world
title 1st since 2000 I 've always been a yankee. I love this team, city and people
in my opinion the best yankee moment Lcs gm 7 6-5 aaron boone. 2009 is the
year for yankees i just know it when the yankees win the world series in their
new stadium i will be there i guarantee it celebrating with the players on the field
[ for this to happen it will be the best moment in my life]

I love you newyork city, people and the yankees
with all my heart

What about Youkilis? This year's team was a game away from the World Series and they had home grown talent at 1b, 2b, SS, and CF. Lester in the rotation, and Papelbon closing, with Masterson and Delcarmen in the pen. Don't tell me the Sox haven't developed their own talent. That is ridiculous. By the way the 2b who's name you couldn't remember just won the AL MVP this year! Go take a look at Pedroia and Ellsbury's contributions to the 07 WS. You have no idea what you are talking about.

25 limos for 25 players does not a championship make.

"It's great to be a Yankee fan." - Francisco (#9)

Really Francisco? What exactly have you won just yet? If I recall Yankee fans were spewing the same garbage in 2001 (Giambi), 2004 (A-Rod), and 2005 (Damon). None of those signings brought a championship to the Bronx. The games are won on the field, not on the back page or in the front office.

Let's talk again next October when you've only won 93 games and don't make the playoffs. 2008 Tigers anyone?

Thanks New York taxpayers for the $250 Million for the new stadium. Need to save money so we can get Manny too!

redsox did not have no curse they just sucked all those years and guess what they still do LET'S GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sox suck you might as well just call the YANKEES your DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

did the sox win or yankees loss. the yankees don't need a corner infielder.
niether did the red sox the only one who won is Boris.

Hey Hitch,
The Sox drafted Pap in 2003. Do your research before you make an ass out of yourself.

It's going to be so sweet beating this team next year.

What really gets under the skin of Yankee fans is the fact that Sox fans don't fear their team anymore. The two championships have changed everything. I feel confident we have the better organization. They are chasing us now.

whr here again ... with friendly comments from the City to the Village People of Boston... forget Spring training just give us the Crown now. Look at our infield villagers: A-Rod, Jeter, Canoe, and now TEX ... maybe you can sign Neil Diamond for our 2009 NYY MLB Chapionship ceremonies down 5th Ave in October ....

Hitch of course is an idiot. What players did they develop and win with? Well in 2007 the names Papelbon, Lester, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Youkilis, Varitek, DelCarmen come to mind. Did they draft Pap and Tek? No. Does it matter? No, because they developed as major leaguers in the major leagues. No minor leaguer is ever a sure thing til he hits the Show. Are Ellsbury and Pedroia championship caliber. Well they were the year that they won it all so that's what I'm counting. But this is about the Yankees and the uneven playing field they enjoy. If this were about business success, yes the Yankees should be praised. But it's about competitive balance in a SPORTS league. Anyway, as long as they have the Curse of A-Rod we'll see how this plays out.

The Yankees are ruining the game of baseball. To ATTEMPT to buy a world series is a joke and has turned off many baseball fans. So they have money to burn and will pay anything for the trophy - great friggen accomplishment BUT the last time I looked, they haven't won anything! Money can't buy love and you can now add the world series to the list!!

I would love to see Cashman running another team that has financial limits and not just outbid everyone. What idiot can't do what he does now?!?!

If the Sox offered 180 million then the Yankee's would have offered 190. If the Sox offered 190 then the Yankees would have offered 200. He's a good player but not worthy of overpaying. The Sox can afford good players but can't afford to overpay. The Yankees can.

Yankees are desperate to win a World Championship. They haven't won anything since 1978 if you disregard the championships of the steroid era.

Hey Hitch, how do you think did they got manny, ortiz and beckett? They traded YOUNG TALENT from their #1 farm system!

The problem with the Yankee way of doing things is not who they develope or trade for as the Red Sox did with guys like Beckett, Ortiz, Ramirez etc. but with the idea that all you need to do to win championships is to write a check. The yankees are now considered as champions in one way, that way is in making money. The idea that would it be better to have them pocket the money is rediculous. How about not turning Yankee stadium into a wall street perk. Lower thier ticket prices so that someone making less then 100,000 a year can afford to see a ballgame.

Hitch - I am guessing you don't know much about baseball. If you don't know our 2nd Baseman's name, lets just call him MVP. Well I agree that Tampa and Oakland have the best farms systems, anyone that knows baseball would agree that Boston has a very good farm system. Ellsbury only batted .353 last year and has never made an error. Maybe you are forgetting about Youkilis. .312 avg with 29 HRs. If the Sox didn't draft Paplebon, who did the sox draft with the 4th pick in 2003?

It's NY. If you every lived in NYC you'll know the attitude is to look good now and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. NYers are super impatient and love to spend on image, long term is for the slow and ugly. I can't wait to see the Rays (on the other side of the spectrum) spank them next season. There still time to acquire somone to help out Papi, not as complete as Tex but maybe someone cheaper who will allow us to get the big FA next season.

Francisco,

How are the yankees doing well? They havent made in years other than getting the best starting pitcher and best available hitting free agents. STILL no BULLPEN. When are you guys going to understand that?????? And when Riveras arm falls off this season, who is going to close??? Bruney???
Yah, their doing REALLY well.. .HAHAHA.. I love how THROWING BIG NUMBERS ON PAPER is the answer to all of your problems. hahahahahaa

But today, in speaking with my roomate from college, I got the REAL truth. How embarassed yankee fans are with the state of the economy, and the obvious disregard for the potential impact on the Steinbrenners. I'd love to know where all of this money is going to come from when Wally Wall Street and Average Joe cut tickets out of their budgets, and all of their corporate sponsors that go belly up cant afford to keep their name on a sign in the park. Then what?? Retail sales? I dont think so. Nobody is buying $300 game jerseys right now, because they cant afford to. Someone has to pay these salaries, and the Steinies are going to pork themselves on this one. Mark my words.

Hitch, you are an idiot. Ellsbury was very nearly voted the WS MVP in 2007, with Lowell only getting the nod because he had slightly more power and RBI numbers. (Because he hit in the part of the lineup that produces runs.) Youkilis was an original draftee. Even though they didn't win this year, they went deep into the playoffs with their starting shortstop as a home drafted player. The second baseman you mention just happened to win the MVP and carry the team on his back for large parts of the regular season. Two key setup men (Delcarmen and Masterson) were original Sox draftees. Oh, and yes, do your research, Papelbon

And do your research, Papelbon was drafted by the Sox. 4th round of 2003. Just because the A's drafted him in the 40th round in 2002 and he didn't sign doesn't mean that he isn't "homegrown." The Sox drafted Texeira in 1998 and he didn't sign. Does that mean he's a Sox "homegrown" player.

I was pretty upset with the signing for at least 24 to 36 hours and then realized that the sun had gone down and come up again and the world had not come to an end. I'm going to miss the baseball season which according to yankee fans we no longer have to play. The different posts and/or comments are geting funnier and funnier. The Sox have to hunker down and work hard on their own and getting mad over whatever the Yankees is just playing into their hands. Lets play the games before handing over any titles.

What people miss about the Teixeira deal is that the BANKees denied the RS of a power hitter behind or in front of Big Papi for a long time, maybe years to come. The RS are not going to re-sign Manny, are they? But that is not the only problem. What if the BANKees sign Manny? And they certainly can do it. In fact, I expect that move in a few weeks. It makes sense. And that move would bring the BANKess very, very close to the WS Championship. With Manny in the lineup, opposing pitchers are going to need some diapers. Imagine A Rod batting second like some years ago! Why in hell 2 or 3 million more than Manny’s salary was a problem when you have a payroll that certainly is less than last season’s? Thanks RS owners!!! The FO did not think in the fans nor the future of the team. Empty chairs in Fenway anyone?

Hitch, did you seriously just refer to the AL MVP and the 4th leading vote getter as "Who are they again?"

Homegrown talent on the 40 man this year:
Ellsbury
Pedroia - Rookie of the year, AL MVP, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
Youk - gold glove, MVP candidate
Lowrie - future gem
Masterson - future stud
Papelpon - one of the best closers in baseball
Bowden
DelCarmen
Bucholz - No hitter
Hansack
Lester - No hitter

And to answer your question.. YES Paplebon was drafted in the 18th round by the Boston Red Sox, after pitching one more year in college (therefore rejecting a draft) and Philly asked to sign him, but he declined the following year. Sox took him.

So, the sox have no homegrown talent? absurd statement.

It's funny that the only comments from New York newspapers quoted by the Boston Globe, are the ones bashing the Yankees for their spending.
How about quoting dozens of others, which appreciate & applaud the Yanks and bash the Red Sox ownership for being such cheapskates, yet again?

It's funny that the only comments from New York newspapers quoted by the Boston Globe, are the ones bashing the Yankees for their spending.
How about quoting dozens of others, which appreciate & applaud the Yanks and bash the Red Sox ownership for being such cheapskates, yet again?

To Rafael Nadel -
Empty Seats at Fenway? are you on drugs - that is the difference between Red Sox fans and Yankees fans - they still sell out when they are not in first place - we are TRU FANS not like Yankees BANDWAGON FANS Pitching and defense still win championships and the Yankees made a big mistake signing CC just like they did AROD. Good luck when they go bankrupt - the YANKEES AND BORIS HAVE RUINED BASEBALL!!

Talk about the famr system and the organization. The Red Sox fielded David Ortiz from the Twins and turned him in the potent slugger who has dominated the Majors initting in the past 4-5 years.. They not only recognized his potential (the Twins were uanable to do it), but also corrected technically his swing and closed the holes in it. So they didn´t draft him: they made him.

I think all the sour grapes by the Nation are silly. Your team had the chance to sign Tex, they decided to pull out. As for the Yanks asking for taxpayer help with the new stadium, so what? Anyone want to guess how much revenue the new cathedral will generate for the city? How many new jobs will be developed, how it will revitalize the entire area? The new ballfields that will be built for the area youth replacing the old run down areas? and tell me... how many new stadiums are built without tax dollar support? This is going to be a major upgrade and makeover for the Bronx,. Signing these 3 players shows the devotion they have to their fan base.

The Sox underestimated the Yankees on this one. They were nothing more than window dressing with the Sabathia and Burnett deals and put all their eggs in the Texiera basket. While I do not think they should make a "Panic" move I do think this has demonstrated one very important trait with the "new" Yankees. Because of the new ballpark they have enough money again to buy whomever they want. Due to this the Sox need to get Mauer BEFORE he goes to free agency. They need to deal from their strengths (prospects) and make a trade for him now! Martin or Mccann would be good too, but Mauer would be the prize catch.

the boston media is hyping up the free agent signing way too much (but i guess that's what they are paid to do). the sox will still be in the pennant race come october. and what really matters is if any of these yankee signings perform in the playoffs. if they don't, it's a waste of money. Manny, Beckett, Schilling, Ortiz, Lowell were great acquisitions purely bc of their October performance. Texeira/Sabathia/Burnett mean nothing until proven in october. also, people are not giving boston management enough credit. they've proven that they have a superior strategy and they stick to it. I'm sure they considered the yankees in the equation, and once the bidding got too high, they rightfully dropped. there's no incompetency there. it's the same as if you were bidding on a house you wanted to buy and someone else outbid you. you don't go higher than your comfort level. let's all calm down (especially..boston media) and be rationale - the Sox are still favorites and very few free agent signing actually live up to their contracts, especially in October.

I don't know why the Yankees are spending money like they are but need public funding for the new stadium?!?! Posted by Eric. I totally agree with Eric, that it is disgraceful that the Yankees organization can spend all of this money and they obtained public funding for the new stadium. It really doesn't make much sense to me.

Hey Dave - NJ, what part of TRod making up his mind TWO WEEKS before Christmas do you NOT understand? It amazes me how Yankee fans ignore the facts to suit their argument. . . pathetic!