Angels Out of Teixeira Race

ToddMacCulloch11 · Dec 21, 2008

The Los Angeles Angels withdrew their eight-year offer for free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira on Sunday, a baseball source said.

The Angels' departure from the Teixeira sweepstakes leaves the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles as the four teams still in the mix for the premier position player in this winter's free-agent market.

Angels general manager Tony Reagins revealed before the winter meetings that the team had offered Teixeira an eight-year deal. The size of the team's offer was undetermined.

It's uncertain where the Angels will turn next. The team had been mentioned as a candidate to sign another Scott Boras client, Manny Ramirez. But after the Angels re-signed Juan Rivera to a three-year, $12.75 million deal this week, a source familiar with the team's plans characterized a Ramirez signing as a "reach" for Los Angeles.

Los Angeles has been mentioned in speculation as a potential landing spot for free agents Bobby Abreu, Adam Dunn and Brian Fuentes, among others. Fuentes is a potential replacement for record-setting closer Francisco Rodriguez, who left the Angels to sign a three-year deal with the New York Mets.

Los Angeles acquired Teixeira in a trade with Atlanta before the July 31 deadline last season. Teixeira batted .358 with 13 homers and 43 RBIs in 54 games for the Angels.

After Teixeira filed for free agency, the Angels had been considered at a competitive disadvantage because of Teixeira's purported desire to play on the East Coast. Teixeira is a native of Severna Park, Md.

"I know he likes the East Coast,'' Angels center fielder Torii Hunter told reporters at the winter meetings in Las Vegas. "I talked to him on a plane this year and he loves the East Coast. But being in Anaheim this year, he saw it, he felt it. He played for the Angels, and he told me, 'This organization is A-1.' ''
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Think it's just a bluff, or are they really out of it?

Where do you think he ends up going?

JE · Dec 21, 2008

I think he'll sign with Washington. Should that happen, I'll go on a limb and say that the Nats contend in the NL East next year. Not win it, but win enough games to scare the Mets and Phillies (86 or so).

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