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11-21-2008, 04:20 AM
The Angels (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/35)' intend to make a quick-strike offer to their biggest winter target, star first baseman Mark Teixeira (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/3568), which means a fair proposal with a deadline. The offer has not yet been made, and it's unclear when it will be or how much time Teixeira will have to respond, but the Angels (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/35) used this method successfully last offseason to lock up Torii Hunter (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/3281) for $90-million on a five-year deal. But the stakes are even higher this time. Word is, Teixeira's agent, Scott Boras, is using the $153.3-million, eight-year contract that Miguel Cabrera (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/3709) got from the Tigers (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/38) before last season as a baseline for negotiations, and Boras makes the points that Teixeira is a leader and also a free agent (Cabrera had two years to go before free agency when he signed that Tigers (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/38) deal). Teixeira is also drawing interest from the Nationals (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/52), Orioles (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/33), Red Sox (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/34), Mariners (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/44), Yankees (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/42) and Giants (http://www.fannation.com/tags/show_tag/58), among others. One owner predicted Teixeira and CC Sabathia are two players who will get their price even in the worst economy since the Great Depression. SI.com (http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/hot_stove/posts/25281)