Mark Teixeria
The $180 million dollar man
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 | MLB | No Comments
The Yankees made the deal official today. Mark Teixeira signed a eight year $180 million dollar deal with the NY Yankees. The Yankees have spent $423.5 million so far on free agents and are picked to be the No. 1 team in the MLB.
Yankees are on fire
Thursday, December 25th, 2008 | MLB | No Comments
The New York Yankees signed Mark Teixeria for $180 million for eight years. It was rumored the Red Sox and Yankees had the highest bids for the Angels player. The deal has a $5 million signing bonus that will be paid out over the first three years the contract also has no-trade provision and no opt-out clause. Its rumored that the Red Sox offered $168 million over eight years. After signing Teixeria is seems to be unlikely that Manny Ramirez will become a Yankee in 2009 which could be a bad thing for Manny since the Angels also aoucned today that they will not persue him.
The Yankees also signed a one-year $5 million deal today with pitcher Chien-Ming Wang a 28 years old right hander. He was 8-2 with a 4.07 ERA in 15 starts last year. The Yankees aggreed to this deal and avoided arbitation with Wang. This deal brings the Yankees payroll to $164 million in 2009 for 15 players. At this rate it doesn’t look like there will be a team that can compte with the Yankees. The Yankees are also preparing to move into their new $1.3 billion park in 2009. The Yankees now have the four highest paid players in MLB, lets not forget A Rod has a 10 year $275 million deal.
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| 1 | A. Rodriguez | NYY | 10 yrs (’08-17) | $275,000,000 |
| 2 | A. Rodriguez | TEX | 10 yrs (’01-10) | $252,000,000 |
| 3 | Derek Jeter | NYY | 10 years (’01-10) | $189,000,000 |
| 4 | M. Teixeira | NYY | 8 yrs (’09-16) | $180,000,000 |
| 5 | CC Sabathia | NYY | 7 yrs (’08-14) | $161,000,000 |
| 6 | M. Ramírez | BOS | 8 yrs (’01-08) | $160,000,000 |
| 7 | M. Cabrera | DET | 8 yrs (’08-15) | $152,300,000 |
| 8 | Todd Helton | COL | 11 yrs (2001-11) | $151,500,000 |
| 9 | J. Santana | NYM | 6 yrs (’08-13) | $137,500,000 |
| 10 | A. Soriano | CHC | 8 yrs (’07-14) | $136,000,000 |
| 11 | Vernon Wells | TOR | 7 yrs (’08-14) | $126,000,000 |
| 12 | Barry Zito | SF | 7 yrs (’07-13) | $126,000,000 |
| 13 | Mike Hampton | COL | 8 yrs (’01-08) | $121,000,000 |
| 14 | Jason Giambi | NYY | 7 yrs (’02-08) | $120,000,000 |
| 15 | Carlos Beltrán | NYM | 7 yrs (’05-11) | $119,000,000 |
| 16 | K. Griffey Jr. | CIN | 9 yrs (’00-08) | $116,500,000 |
| 17 | Kevin Brown | LAD | 7 yrs (’99-2005) | $105,000,000 |
| 18 | Albert Pujols | STL | 7 yrs (’04-10) | $100,000,000 |
| 18 | Carlos Lee | HOU | 6 yrs (’07-12) | $100,000,000 |
TOP 10 MLB Free agents
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 | MLB | No Comments
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Mark Teixeira
POSITION: First base
AGE: 28 | BATS: B | THROWS: R
2008 TEAM: Los Angeles Angels
STATUS: Free agent
Teams talking to him: Yankees, Orioles, Red Sox, Nationals, and Angels
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GM | R | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 157 | 102 | 33 | 121 | .308 | .410 | .552 |
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CC Sabathia
POSITION: Starting pitcher
AGE: 28 | BATS: L | THROWS: L
2008 TEAM: Milwaukee Brewers
STATUS: Agreed to deal with N.Y. Yankees (12/10)
TERMS: 7 years, $161M
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GS | IP | W-L | ERA | CG | SHO | SO |
| 35 | 253.0 | 17-10 | 2.70 | 10 | 5 | 251 |
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Manny Ramirez
POSITION: Left field
AGE: 36 | BATS: R | THROWS: R
2008 TEAM: Los Angeles Dodgers
STATUS: Free agent
Teams talking to him: Yankees, Dodgers
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GM | R | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 153 | 102 | 37 | 121 | .332 | .430 | .601 |
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A.J. Burnett
POSITION: Starting pitcher
AGE: 31 | BATS: R | THROWS: R
2008 TEAM: Toronto Blue Jays
STATUS: Agreed to deal with N.Y. Yankees (12/12)
TERMS: 5 years, $82.5M
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GM | IP | W-L | ERA | BB | SO | WHIP |
| 35 | 221.1 | 18-10 | 4.07 | 86 | 231 | 1.34 |
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Derek Lowe
POSITION: Starting pitcher
AGE: 35 | BATS: R | THROWS: R
2008 TEAM: Los Angeles Dodgers
STATUS: Free agent
Teams talking to him: Yankees, and Phillies
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GS | IP | W-L | ERA | BB | SO | BAA |
| 35 | 211.0 | 14-11 | 3.24 | 45 | 147 | .246 |
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Rafael Furcal
POSITION: Shortstop
AGE: 31 | BATS: B | THROWS: R
2008 TEAM: Los Angeles Dodgers
STATUS: Signed $33 million, three year deal with Dodgers 12/18
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GM | R | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP |
| 36 | 34 | 5 | 16 | 8 | .357 | .439 |
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Adam Dunn
POSITION: Left field
AGE: 29 | BATS: L | THROWS: R
2008 TEAM: Arizona Diamondbacks
STATUS: Free agent
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GM | HR | RBI | BB | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 158 | 40 | 100 | 122 | .236 | .386 | .513 |
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Ryan Dempster
POSITION: Starting pitcher
AGE: 31 | BATS: R | THROWS: R
2008 TEAM: Chicago Cubs
STATUS: Re-signed with Chi. Cubs (11/18)
TERMS: 4 years, $52 million
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GS | IP | W-L | ERA | BB | SO | BAA |
| 33 | 206.2 | 17-6 | 2.96 | 76 | 187 | .227 |
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Milton Bradley
POSITION: DH/Left field
AGE: 30 | BATS: B | THROWS: R
2008 TEAM: Texas Rangers
STATUS: Free agent
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GM | R | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 126 | 78 | 22 | 77 | .321 | .436 | .563 |
And for 10 we have….
Oliver Perez
POSITION: Starting pitcher
AGE: 27 | BATS: L | THROWS: L
2008 TEAM: New York Mets
STATUS: Free agent
| 2008 SEASON STATISTICS | ||||||
| GS | IP | W-L | ERA | BB | SO | WHIP |
| 34 | 194.0 | 10-7 | 4.22 | 105 | 180 | 1.40 |
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