Flight #24
01-17-2006, 11:07 AM
Then:
John Hart opened negotiations with Teixeira after the All-Star break, but Boras was only prepared to accept a three-year deal taking the slugger through his arbitration years or a 10-year contract.
Now:
All-Star first baseman Mark Teixeira (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6788) agreed to a $15.4 million, two-year contract Tuesday with the Texas Rangers (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=tex), avoiding salary arbitration this year and next.
Pretty good deal for the Rangers. Lock him in at non-exorbitant rates, and still provide flexibility to either deal him with an arb year left or resign him.
John Hart opened negotiations with Teixeira after the All-Star break, but Boras was only prepared to accept a three-year deal taking the slugger through his arbitration years or a 10-year contract.
Now:
All-Star first baseman Mark Teixeira (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6788) agreed to a $15.4 million, two-year contract Tuesday with the Texas Rangers (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=tex), avoiding salary arbitration this year and next.
Pretty good deal for the Rangers. Lock him in at non-exorbitant rates, and still provide flexibility to either deal him with an arb year left or resign him.