It sounds as if The Boston Red Sox are the front runners for first baseman Mark Teixeira. Other teams include Baltimore, Nationals and surprisingly not the Yankees. They must be thinking Nick Swisher is their guy at first next season. Good luck with that! Adding him to the sox roster will be a smart move. Kevin Youkilis will move to third where he has played great defense for the Sox. He will also hit behind Papi giving Ortiz some protection in the lineup. Teixeira brings top notch defense, a solid average and alot of pop in the bat. This should give the Red Sox a batting order of...
1. Pedroia
2. Youkilis
3. Ortiz
4. Teixeira
5. Bay
6. Drew
7. Catcher
8. Shortstop
9. Ellsbury
It will be interesting to see what happens with Lowell if they do sign Teixeira. I think they will probably keep him until the beginning of the season to show other teams he is healthy and get more for him. Right now there isn't much of a market for a 33 year old third baseman who just had hip surgery. But he he heals up and can play, someone will want him. Maybe they can get a top reliever for him. This line up 1-6 should be explosive this season. Let Ellsbury take his hacks at the 9 spot and develop his hitting skills. The Red Sox are primed for big things if they Sign Teixeira and should win the division.
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