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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 …
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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 …
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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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Sign Mark Teixeira — By Tim Dierkes [December 23 at 3:58pm CST] — 3:58pm: Joel Sherman says the Red Sox were at eight years, $168MM, so the Yankees outbid them by $12MM. — 3:38pm: The contract does not include an opt-out clause, according to Danny Knobler.
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 …
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Stephen A. Smith / ESPN:
Yankees need to sign Manny — now! … The last time the New York Yankees won a World Series, Bill Clinton was president, nobody outside Chicago knew of Barack Obama, the Boston Red Sox were considered a cursed franchise and then-Yankees manager Joe Torre had a full head of hair. — I think!
Bill Madden / NY Daily News:Yankees closing in on eight-year deal with Teixeira
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Brian McNally / www.dcexaminer.com:Race for Teixeira heats up with reports that Nats raise offer
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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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Oren Yaniv / NY Daily News:
1923 ticket prices for game at new Yankee Stadium — It will be deja vu all over again for Yankee fans buying tickets for the inaugural games in the new Yankee Stadium. — Some seats for the exhibition games on April 3-4 against the Chicago Cubs will cost as little as they did back in April 18 …
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.
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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Gordon Edes / Yahoo! Sports:
Mets deep in negotiations for Derek Lowe — Buzz up! — Mark Teixeira's agreement with the New York Yankees on Tuesday clears the way for the New York Mets to sign Derek Lowe, the free-agent pitcher who had been on the periphery of the Yankees' shopping list.
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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