C.C. Sabathia's 7-year, $160M deal is structured such that he can leave after just 3 years... and we all know that he really would have preffered to play on the West Coast.Everyone seems to agree that the Sox will NOT fail in signing Mark Teixeira... mostly because the Red Sox don't really have a great back up plan if they can't add Tex to the lineup
Peter Gammons says he has heard that the Red Sox will go to 8 years for Tex. Nick Cafardo said he thinks the Red Sox will go to 10 years and $250M if needed.
Gammons said that he does not think Teixeira will sign with the Washington Nationals... but Manny could.
Gammons also said that he has heard that the current rate for Derek Lowe is 3 years, at 13M per year... not 4 years and 15M+. He says that the Yankees are the most interested in Lowe at present.Gammons then predicts that AJ Burnett will sign with the Atlanta Braves - the only team willing to give him a 5-year deal.
Lastly, Gammons reminds us that the health of David Ortiz and Mike Lowell is still very much uncertain... making a deal for Teixeira very important and the idea of a trade for either Ortiz or Lowell unlikely at this time.
You can hear the whole conversation - HERE.
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I have to thank Rafe at Sawxheads for putting my call through first 2 days in a row! I will miss the call tomorrow because of a meeting. They have been getting some great guests and some good info on these calls.
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