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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Padres' Gonzalez looking for 'Teixeira money' </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Adrian Gonzalez - 1B - SD - Mar. 2 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Adrian Gonzalez's agent John Boggs doesn't "see any signs" of a contract extension with the Padres, reports Tim Sullivan of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Boggs said that he had preliminary discussion with Padres general manager Jed Hoyer, but the talks were so superficial that "you couldn’t characterize it as a negotiation." And when you compare the worth of your client to the $180 million Mark Teixeira made with the Yankees, you can probably understand why they began to shy away. That's not to say Gonzalez isn't worthy of a big contract, only that the Padres will not be the club to give it to him. With any luck, the Padres will be able to find a similar haul to what the Rangers got for Teixeira at the trade deadline during the 2007 season.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
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Boggs said that he had preliminary discussion with Padres general manager Jed Hoyer, but the talks were so superficial that "you couldn’t characterize it as a negotiation." And when you compare the worth of your client to the $180 million Mark Teixeira made with the Yankees, you can probably understand why they began to shy away. That's not to say Gonzalez isn't worthy of a big contract, only that the Padres will not be the club to give it to him. With any luck, the Padres will be able to find a similar haul to what the Rangers got for Teixeira at the trade deadline during the 2007 season.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
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