'Teixeira would be perfect for the Red Sox,' Verducci

Verducci on with Charley Steiner says Teixeira is perfect for the Red Sox while noting the team has been fairly quiet so far about its moves. On Sabathia, Verducci is another who thinks he won't go to the Yankees:

• 'Sabathia is looking for a reason not to go to the Yankees,' which would most likely be either the Giants or Angels. That he's basically 'pleading for someone' to come up with some kind of structured deal whether with deferrals or incentives that would be in the ballpark.

Verducci notes the Red Sox have focused more on run prevention in the past few years but are now concerned with getting more hitting.

• On current state of offensive shortstops, there are a few good ones, but the A-rod, Jeter, Garciaparra era output from that position is proving to be an anomaly.

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