"This may actually be more of a non-update, but here goes: Based on what Nick Cafardo and I have heard from sources around the league involved with Teixeira Mania (and what a quick trip around the internets suggests) the Red Sox remain a prominent – if not primary – factor in the race to sign the first baseman. Those monstrous offers John Henry referenced in his e-mail last night, it seems likely, are merely figments of Borasian negotiation. As Tony Massarotti explained in his edifying column this morning, the agent has done this before, and Henry may be (successfully) calling a bluff. Then again, the most definitive piece of information available is a statement made by the Red Sox owner saying “it seems clear we are not going to be a factor,” so it would seem premature to start calling the Red Sox favorites again (Boston Globe)."
I don't know what to think anymore, but this seems to fall in line with what I was saying yesterday. This "deal" that Boras said he got, that blew the Sox out of the water does not exist, so the Sox are calling his bluff. This could blow up in their face, and some other team could up their offer, and steal Teixeira, or the Sox will still have the best offer on the table and Boras will have to admit his defeat. The more I am reading, the more I like what the Sox are doing. Even if they don't get him, they had to put some kind of line in the sand, if not Boras would have them signing like a 10 year 250 million contract. You have to draw the line somewhere.
-BMack
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