If you watch A-Rod this year, you see why we need Manny more than Teixiera in the short-term. Yes, it's basically another albatross, but A-Rod has nobody in the lineup to protect him. You can't pass up a talent of Manny's caliber. He would give us a deadly 3-4-5 threat if Nady has finally matured; even more if Teixiera arrives.

Teixiera is a *nice* player but I don't overrate him, I think he's a very-good-but-not-upper-echelon first baseman (i.e. a step or two behind Pujols). I'd still love to have him though. Give me Teixiera over someone like an Abreu any day as my #3 hitter.