Reports out of the winter meetings state that the Nationals are offering some serious dough to get stud-free agent 1B Mark Teixeira to come to D.C: Eight years, $160M. I am so conflicted here - on the one hand, I’d love to see him in Washington, but on the other hand, he’s the perfect addition [...]
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Nats About to Make First Salvo for Tex?
Rumors are beginning to circulate [scroll down a bit] that our own Washington Nationals may actually make a strong offer for Rangers-turned-Angels-now-Free Agent slugger Mark Teixeira. Baseball Prospectus says they “may go as high as” $200M for 10 years, which is what Tex’s agent Scott Boras has floated as his target salary. Open Free Agent [...]
Not Manny or Teixeira, but Nats add two starters in trade
That is, a starting pitcher, and your new starting LF. The Nats acquire former Florida Marlins LHP Scott Olsen who immediately moves into the middle - if not the front - of the rotation, and power-hitting corner OF Josh Willingham. Florida purges part of their core before having to pay them, and the Nats give [...]