Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald says the Red Sox burn, lust for, and love Teixeira. Silverman says Tex should end up with a salary of at least $20MM and a term of at least six years. Also, Silverman talked to one source who suggested the Yankees' acquisition of Nick Swisher "could be a prelude to another deal with a National League club."
Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News says the Yankees still plan to add an impact hitter. He agrees that "several National League teams have had their eye on Swisher." MLB.com's Mark Bowman says the Braves are among them.
Teixeira told Erin Andrews last night that he hopes to sign by Christmas.
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Blue Jays Manager J.P. Riccairdi told Mike Rutsey of the Toronto Sun that he's not afriad to give AJ Burnett a 5-year deal, if that's what it will take to keep him in Toronto.
"They asked about the chances of a five-year deal and that's one of the things they're looking for no matter where they go," Ricciardi said yesterday of his recent discussions with Braunecker. "But I don't know at this point. I think we'd be open to doing anything within the working framework that we think makes sense for us. We're open to doing some things that will enable us to keep him here."But I've said this all along and I've said it to the player and the agent too -- we will not be the highest-paid club. This cannot be all about money from a standpoint from our end because we're not going to come in first."
"I wouldn't say it [a 5-year deal] scares me. I'd say we'd be open to talking about frameworks but right now we don't have anything on the table in terms of years or money," Ricciardi said.
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