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Rangers Offered $140MM To Teixeira
Published 7/31/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... The Rangers made a legitimate offer to first baseman Mark Teixeira before trading him.  Apparently they offered him an eight-year, $140MM package.  That's an average annual value of $17.5MM.  A little light, but not a bad starting point. ...

Mark Teixeira Turned Down $140 Million
Published 7/31/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
... said he offered Teixeira a full-sized, eight year deal for $140 million. It included Teixeira's arbitration number for one year, and then seven years at $18 million per. Teixeira turned it down, and that was that: ...

Wednesday morning stuff
Published 8/1/2007 by Adam J. Morris at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
... Grant also has a piece up on the attempts by the team to extend Teixeira: ...

Kason Gabbard Loses Rangers Debut In 5-0 Shutout
Published 8/3/2007 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... Tom Hicks’ contract extension offer of eight years, $140 million, which was offered to Teixeira two weeks ago in Anaheim. ...

Swelltastic
Published 8/4/2007 by mr. met at the metropolitans
... It turns out that Mark Teixeira turned down a big $140 million contract. ...

Rosenthal's Latest: Washburn, Teixeira, Griffey
Published 8/3/2008 by Nat Boyle at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
Rumor-wellspring Ken Rosenthal has another Inside Pitch video: Jarrod Washburn to the Yankees has been put to bed. It won't happen through waivers. Mark Teixeira wants a 10 year deal and that might limit his options to one city: New York. Only Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez have 10 year deals. The Yankees and Mets may be the only players willing to go that high. Teixeira's turned down a lot of money before, and indicated he wants to play for a place he likes and a team that ...

Stark's Latest: Teixeira, Lamb, Ibanez, Blake
Published 8/28/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Stark sees the Mets picking up Carlos Delgado's $12MM option for '09, taking them out of the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes.  He sees the Yankees in the mix for Tex.  Will Teixeira top the $140MM the Rangers offered him? ...