Mark Teixeira

Columns

1. A $154 million bargain? Revisiting Adrian Gonzalez deal in light of Albert Pujols' contract

   Columns

   12/09/2011

   … a year from now through 2018. He will receive only slightly less than the $22.5 million a year being earned by Mark Teixeira . But it is safe to suggest that his deal looks rather incredible now in light of what Pujols earned. Based on normal career …
2. The Waiting Game: For Red Sox, no rush to make moves

   Columns

   12/08/2011

   … returns on signings that came after the All-Star break. Perhaps most memorably, in 2009, after the Sox missed out on Mark Teixeira , the team signed Brad Penny and John Smoltz to contracts in January. Both pitchers were dumped before the end …
3. Dan Duquette's Red Sox draft record reconsidered

   Columns

   11/08/2011

   … That later-round impact could have been even more pronounced if the Sox hadn’t torched their relationship with Mark Teixeira , whom the Sox took in the ninth round of the 1998 draft. -- The impact selections under Epstein, meanwhile, came …
4. What now for David Ortiz? How market shapes up for slugger

   Columns

   10/21/2011

   … clear their interest in using the DH spot as an opportunity to give some members of their aging core ( Alex Rodriguez , Mark Teixeira , Derek Jeter and, assuming he is retained, Nick Swisher ) a bit of a breather. Obviously, this is a team that …
5. Comparing the Red Sox, Yankees lineups

   Columns

   08/30/2011

   … Adrian Gonzalez . The power numbers fit the profile (35 homers, 100 RBI, both third in the American League ), but Mark Teixeira is having -- by his high standard -- a down season. His batting average is .251, 31 points below his career total …

Blogs

1. Is Jacoby Ellsbury the leading man? A look at the American League MVP field

   Blog

   11/21/2011

   … was no Gold Glover, and he is occupies a position where numerous sluggers reside (in the AL, Adrian Gonzalez and Mark Teixeira come to mind). But Cabrera still separated himself in that category, throwing himself into the mix for the MVP down the …
2. Cashman: Yanks unlikely to pursue Ortiz

   Blog

   11/13/2011

   … Rodriguez being 36 years old and having played just 99 games in 2011 while dealing with injuries, Derek Jeter now 37, Mark Teixeira turning 32 just after next season starts, Robinson Cano having played 159 or more games for each of the last five years …
3. Brian Cashman: Yankees remain unlikely to pursue David Ortiz

   Blog

   11/13/2011

   … Rodriguez being 36 years old and having played just 99 games in 2011 while dealing with injuries, Derek Jeter now 37, Mark Teixeira turning 32 just after next season starts, Robinson Cano having played 159 or more games for each of the last five years …
4. Albert, Adrian or Prince? Would you rather have Pujols, Gonzalez or Fielder?

   Blog

   10/23/2011

   … were almost certain to be available either in a trade prior to the 2011 season or on the open market after it. With Mark Teixeira under contract to the Yankees through 2016, the Sox understood that — while nothing is certain in free agency — they …
5. Longoria lifts Rays over Yanks, into playoffs

   Blog

   09/29/2011

   … as nine games earlier in the month. The Yankees had jumped out to a 7-0 lead thanks to five runs batted in from Mark Teixeira . The New York first baseman hit two home runs off Rays starting pitcher David Price, including a grand slam in the …