Archive for September, 2007

Braves want to re-sign Teixeira

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Agent Scott Boras represents Braves first baseman Mark Teixeira, who’s expected to command at least $12 million in his final year of arbitration before becoming a free agent after next season. The Braves want to re-sign the former Georgia Tech star, who has 17 homers and 55 RBIs in 53 games since being traded to Atlanta. — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Agent says Braves won’t get a ‘discount’ if they re-sign Andruw

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

There are three games left in the season, and it sounds more than likely there are only three games left in Andruw Jones’ Braves career. In a conversation with the Journal-Constitution, agent Scott Boras was more clear than he has been to date on the subject of Jones and chances of the soon-to-be-free-agent center fielder accepting a discount to stay with the Braves. “Andruw Jones took a discount to stay in Atlanta last time,” Boras said, referring to the six-year, $75 million contract Jones negotiated with the Braves before the 2002 season, when he and his father worked out the deal with general manager John Schuerholz without Boras at the table. — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Giants won’t invite Bonds back in ’08

Monday, September 24th, 2007

The Giants told Bonds they will not bring him back next season, ending an era in which he became all-time home run champion and a lightning rod for the steroids debate in baseball. Shadowed by steroid speculation for the past few years, Bonds has hit 28 homers this season, raising his career total to 762. The seven-time NL MVP is batting .279 with 66 RBIs.

Bonds needs 65 hits to reach the 3,000-hit plateau.

After parting ways with Bonds, San Francisco will be free to scrap a win-now philosophy in which Sabean surrounded the slugger with aging veterans every year to maximize Bonds’ chances to win his first championship. San Francisco reached the World Series in 2002, but hasn’t been back to the postseason since 2003.