Mark Teixeira

From Buster Olney:

Unless Mark Teixeira is willing to give the Orioles a major hometown discount, it does not appear he will be playing in Baltimore.

The Orioles have stood by their initial offer and have not upgraded it, and sources say that the other teams involved in the bidding — the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Washington Nationals — have gone beyond Baltimore’s proposal for the slugging first baseman.

The only chance the Orioles have to be seriously considered now, sources say, would be if Teixeira, a Maryland native, were to take Baltimore’s offer.

“The Orioles are out of it, unless Teixeira really, really wants to play there,” said one source.

Although the Red Sox are considered among the front-runners for Teixeira, they won’t offer him a 10-year deal, principal owner John Henry said, according to the Boston Herald.

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