Teixeira Had Higher Offer

Before the offseason, baseball experts were calling Teixeira the "ideal Boras client." This referred to the assumption that Teixeira didn't really care what team he played for, as long as they offered the most money he could get. After signing with the Yankees for 8 years, $180 million, it turns out that he didn't quite follow that approach. Roch Kubatko of MASN is reporting that the Nationals had actually offered $5 million more than the Yankees (8 years, $185 million). They actually would've gone even higher than that if they had been given the chance. However, after getting a final offer from the Yankees, Boras never gave them the opportunity to compete with it.