Update 3:33PM ET: ESPN.com: Free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira has reached agreement with the New York Yankees on an eight-year contract worth more than $170 million, two sources involved in the negotiations tells ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney.
ESPN’s bottom line broke the news as well so it looks legit. Wow. We just stole Teixeira away from the Red Sox.
from Jon Heyman:
The Yankees are on the verge of signing Mark Teixeira, SI.com has learned, beating out the rival Red Sox for the free-agent slugger’s services.
Teixeira, who hit .308 with 33 home runs and 121 RBIs in 2008, will receive an eight-year, $180 million deal from the Yankees with a full no-trade provision.
The final four teams in the race to sign Teixeira were the Red Sox, Angels, Nationals and Yankees.
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I am a sox fan. I do not think yankees fans minds are running right. neither is Big texs.
Good for us