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Sources: Teixeira, Yanks agree to 8-year deal … 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.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Yankees, Teixeira reach 8-year, $180M deal … The Yankees have reached an agreement in principle to sign 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 …
Tim Lemke / Washington Times:
Teixeira Announcement Today — A major league baseball source has told The Washington Times' Thom Loverro that there will be an announcement today regarding the future of free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. — While the source declined to discuss specifics, there are strong indications …
ESPN:
Teixeira nears decision, but where will he sign? … At a time when Mark Teixeira's decision about where he wants to sign is seemingly imminent, the Baltimore Orioles' negotiations for the free-agent first baseman appear dormant. The Yankees, on the other hand, continue to review their options …
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yanks, Teixeira agree on 8-year deal — NEW YORK — Mark Teixeira has his Christmas wish of finding a new home by the holidays, and the Yankees have their new first baseman. — The Yankees and Teixeira have agreed to terms on an eight-year contract worth approximately $180 million, according to multiple reports.
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Yankees closing in on eight-year deal with Teixeira — Out of nowhere, the Yankees have swooped in and are closing in on a deal to sign free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira to an eight-year contract, the Daily News has learned. — According to sources the deal is for $180 million …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Yankees Step In and Land Teixeira — The Yankees have reached an agreement with Mark Teixeira, a free-agent first baseman, on a long-term contract, according to a person in baseball familiar with the matter. The move would represent the third major off-season move by the team and deal …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Sign Mark Teixeira — By Tim Dierkes [December 23 at 2:55pm CST] — 2:55pm: Olney now agrees it's an eight-year, $180MM deal ($22.5MM per year). Bill Madden says Teixeira told the Yankees he preferred them all along, after the Angels and Red Sox backed off. Ha.
Joel Sherman / Hardball:
YANKS SIGN TEIXEIRA — The Yankees decided to jump in and sign Mark Teixeira as a way to keep him away from the Red Sox and to improve their team in 2009. However, the Yankees gave Teixeira an eight-year contract worth $180 million, two sources confirmed, because they looked at next offseason …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:For All Boras's Clients but One, There's No Deal
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Brian McNally / www.dcexaminer.com:Race for Teixeira heats up with reports that Nats raise offer
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Mike Puma / New York Post:CASH: NO OFFERS PENDING FOR TEIXEIRA, RAMIREZ
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Mike / Sons Of Simmons:Sources: Red Sox Agree In Principle On Deal With Mark Teixeira
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Associated Press:
Yankees-Cubs bleacher seats to go for 25 cents — NEW YORK — The price of a bleacher seat for the exhibition openers at the new Yankee Stadium will cost far less than a soda. — The Yankees said Tuesday that bleacher seats for the games against the Chicago Cubs on April 3 and 4 will sell …
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Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
Embree's deal; Braves sign Norton, Nats add Patterson, Sosa — Alan Embree was signed to bolster the Rockies' bullpen, not save it. — However, his one-year, $2.25-million contract provides protection if he becomes Colorado's closer, a role that currently features Huston Street and Manuel Corpas as top contenders.
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Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
Angels not pursuing free agent Ramirez — GM Reagins says club will go with current, younger personnel — LOS ANGELES — Two days after pulling out of the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes, the Angels pulled out of the bidding for Manny Ramirez as well. — Angels general manager Tony Reagins …
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Ed Price / New Jersey Online:Jeter: Yankees don't need Manny Ramirez
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Bob Klapisch / ESPN:
Mets' image won't be helped by K-Rod — In the days before the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, Mariano Rivera asked Yankees clubhouse employees for a small but important favor: keep Francisco Rodriguez's temporary locker as far away from his as possible. — It was a stunning request …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates pursue recovering Baldelli — Free-agent outfielder, once a star, has had medical issues — By By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — The Pirates are in pursuit of outfielder Rocco Baldelli, one of the most intriguing — and risky — players available in Major League Baseball's free agency.
Geoff Baker / Mariners Blog:
Burke re-signed by M's — Mariners catcher Jamie Burke just got an early X-mas present, being re-signed to a minor league contract by the team. This gives him a shot at earning a job in spring training. The Mariners still don't know whether catchers Jeff Clement or Kenji Johjima …
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