Sox, Yanks drop out

Yesterday, the chances of getting Mark Teixeira just improved.
About a week ago, the Teixeira hunt was between the Yankees, Red Sox, Nationals, Orioles, and Angels. A few days ago, Boston owner John Henry and other officials flew to Texas to meet with Teixeira and his agent, Scott Boras. Yesterday, Henry said, "I was very impressed with Mr. Teixeira, but seeing the other offers, he will not be a factor." I don't know why the Red Sox would want him when they already have Kevin Youkilis at 1st and Lowell at 3rd. Also it looked liked the Yankees had a good shot, but they signed CC Sabathia and AJ Burnett, and have not made a offer yet.
That means the Nats, Angles, and O's will have to fight it out. The Angels shot of getting him is lowering now that they just gave a 3 year contract to Juan Rivera. Even with that, the Angels still have a roughly eight year, 170 million dollar contract offer, same as the Nats. Although, Teixeira recently said he would wish to be with a team on the East Coast. The Baltimore Orioles are the front runners for Teixeira. A Maryland native, Teixeira grew up rooting for the Birds, and they have expressed full interest in him, but the Orioles have a worse contract offer than the Nats, at seven years, 140 million. Nats owner Ted Lerner met with Teixeira, and they both came back impressed. Asked about playing for Washington, Teixeira said: "There's no doubt I think about it, it's tough not to think about the future, I'd love to play here. It's the Nation's Capital."

I think this has been a joke. Boras and Teixeira are taking way too long. They already know the teams interested, and what the contracts will be. Why can't they just pick a team already?

In other news, the Mets bullpen,which the Nats enjoyed teeing off against last year, just signed JJ Putz AND Fransisco Rodriguez. Good luck against that duo.