Will Carroll: Teixeira to stay a Ranger?

by stephen86 on Jul 27, 2007 10:02 PM CDT

Or that is how it seems now he says in his most recent entry tonight.

http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6508

This certainly is a huge change from what we were talking about earlier in the day. It will be interesting to see what Evan Grant or TR Sullivan say later tonight.... We shall see.

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where exactly did you get that idea from this article?

Forget Johnny Bench, we got Gerry "the Jet" Laird

by ab03 on Jul 27, 2007 9:58 PM CDT reply actions

wrong link?

now i am not a subscriber so if theres something i cant see please give some details.

but all i can read in that article is some old same old

by DShep on Jul 27, 2007 9:58 PM CDT reply actions

I have no clue

Where there is any comment about Teix staying a Ranger. Help, please?

Time does funny things. The worst of which is, it keeps moving when you don't.

by Ed Coffin on Jul 27, 2007 10:00 PM CDT reply actions

Its at the bottom

The subscribers have a much longer article than those who are not subscribers. it gets updated progressively as the day goes on. His most recent update says:

"It's looking more and more like Mark Teixeira is going to stay a Ranger. At least two teams are now out of the running (though this can always change) and the Indians offer ended up getting smaller and smaller, until we ended up with the Lofton deal. The Braves have allegedly made their last best final offer of three prospects for Teixeira, and sources say that the Rangers are held up over either adding one more prospect or upgrading the pitcher."

Not written in stone, but not looking good. I really encourage you to subscribe to baseball prospectus though cause the articles and content is really awesome and only 5 bucks a month.

by stephen86 on Jul 27, 2007 10:01 PM CDT reply actions

seems out of sync with literally everyone else

so ill just shrug it off.

i mean, the indians offer? when on earth have the indians ever been linked to teixeira.

if the braves offer is final, and the rangers dont get a better one, the rangers will probably take it....

and we are all already assuming its most likely down to the dodgers and braves, with the angels on the outside.. so unless the dodgers are one of the two teams (although thats possible with their recent pitching injuries) then i dont see any change.

by DShep on Jul 27, 2007 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

well

it actually seems pretty in sync - just updated.

Forget Johnny Bench, we got Gerry "the Jet" Laird

by ab03 on Jul 27, 2007 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Indians offer

When the Lofton trade went through, Carroll reported that they had been covertly attempting to get in on Teix as well.

Probably why we heard the Adam Miller name thrown out there.

Me and Billy the Kid never got along. I didn't like the way he cocked his hat and he wore his gun all wrong.

by tricer on Jul 27, 2007 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions

well

thanks for the clarification and this sucks.

what the hell! i can see the angels dropping out and maybe the dodgers but they better take that atlanta deal if it's still on the table.

Forget Johnny Bench, we got Gerry "the Jet" Laird

by ab03 on Jul 27, 2007 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions

The Rangers need to make a trade now

I don't think Tex's value is going to increase any in the offseason, and it will not be this high at next year's deadline, because then he will truly only be a rental player.

Right now, keeping Tex means we get two picks. I've written in diaries before about how few draft picks actually pan out, and how most top picks never make it to the bigs. There's always a chance that we draft winners, but there's a very good chance that neither pick ever turns into Salty or Elvis.

The Rangers seem stuck on upgrading Harrison, and I agree with most of you that he is overrated, still...I don't know if the difference between Harrison and Reyes is the difference between the package being offered now and what would be offered in the offseason.

by rangeressary on Jul 27, 2007 10:12 PM CDT reply actions

This is what I was worried about

If they had Salty, Andrus and Harrison actually offered yesterday JD should've jumped on it. Play GM's off of each other for too long and they'll just say screw it.

by nrrh on Jul 27, 2007 10:58 PM CDT reply actions

my thoughts

Forget Johnny Bench, we got Gerry "the Jet" Laird

by ab03 on Jul 27, 2007 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions

wow...

People really freak out about the tidbits in these articles.

Guys its going to go back and forth like this all the way to the deadline. Its again just a negotiating ploy.

Teams will leak to the media....we are out of the Tex trade....to lower the price.

Texas will leak to the media...we might have to keep him...to up the price.

I fully expect this to last at least until Monday, and maybe even Tuesday morning.

...so for all those out their with the gun in your mouth...relax. Go grab a beer. enjoy your weekend.

by clinton33 on Jul 27, 2007 11:08 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah,

but JD's dealing with Schuerholz, one of the best in the game. He'd probably be perfectly ok with saying screw it if he feels he's being used by a 29 year old kid.

by nrrh on Jul 27, 2007 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions