[ZetaPsi808]

both are stellar defensive players. mark will have a slight edge there, 4 gold gloves to gonzo's 2.

but gonzalez is an offensive savant. he put impressive numbers playing for the padres in the biggest pitcher park in the majors. he also had no protection in the lineup.

i know the red sox courted teixeira hard when he was a free agent and they were pissed the yankees signed him.

i love watching gonzo hit fly balls that bounce off the green monster for doubles. such a beautiful thing. those balls would be fly ball outs in petco park. i say he wins 2011 al mvp

[oiler]

i wouldnt say that but gonzo does have more raw power than texiera

[InTheDrink]

Who cares? The red sox blow. They scored plenty of runs last year and did nothing to improve their pitching this year. The Crawford signing was only outdone by the Cameron signing the year before. Theo is god awful.

[Ace_of_Spades]

I agree 100%.

[St8Ca$homie]

I agree 110%

[MoneylineExpress]

Both are solid. Adrian has a bit more power and can hit it out to all fields consistently.

[InTheDrink]

I agree 110%

Lol nice avatar

[warriorfan707]

If hes such a savant where is his bat this year

[ZetaPsi808]

If hes such a savant where is his bat this year

as a giant fan u should know how much of a beast gonzo is. he played in ur division many years.

based on the short season so far, hes projected to get 217 hits, 34 hr, 132 rbi.

yeah, mvp caliber

[warriorfan707]

He was a thorn in our side for many years. Was thrilled as any other to see him leave the NL West.

But I think you might be going a bit too far here. I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if he didnt hit .265 this year

[Going4Broke]

based on the short season so far, hes projected to get 217 hits, 34 hr, 132 rbi.

yeah, mvp caliber

yeah... that looks pretty damn good to me. i like both but i like gonzo more for what he does and where he played. hell of a bat

[ZetaPsi808]

hes playing in one of the best hitters parks in the majors in fenway park. his opposite field swing is tailor made for the green monster. now he's got youkilis batting behind him for protection.

those factors will be huge this year

[tatddy]

Adrian Gonzalez has been a better player than Teixeira for a long time on both sides of the game. People realizing that now only a result of what happens when you play in San Diego.

[Grits n' Gravy]

Plus Texeria looks like Butthead.

[Qtip]

both are stellar defensive players. mark will have a slight edge there, 4 gold gloves to gonzo's 2.

but gonzalez is an offensive savant. he put impressive numbers playing for the padres in the biggest pitcher park in the majors. he also had no protection in the lineup.

i know the red sox courted teixeira hard when he was a free agent and they were pissed the yankees signed him.

i love watching gonzo hit fly balls that bounce off the green monster for doubles. such a beautiful thing. those balls would be fly ball outs in petco park. i say he wins 2011 al mvp

Adrian is the better defensive player, it's really not even close.

[gryfyn1]

If hes such a savant where is his bat this year

are you retarded? have you even looked at his stats? do you realize he ranks near the top of most offensive categories?

[Boner_18]

Yeah it's true. Agree with the defense, agree with the offense. Time will tell the ultimate outcome but they are both top 10 all around 1st basemen in the league. Perhaps top 3.

[Boner_18]

Actually, comparing career stats, Texiera still has him beat offensively in nearly every category. That said Gonzo is on pace to have a career year.

[pacocn]

let me guess Warriors fan likes thong wearing
Aubrey Huff over both of them

[ahayes]

texiera is better than whole redsox team

[Wiggums5]

texiera is better than whole redsox team

a very credible source here boys, guy can't even spell his name right

[RubberKettle]

texiera is better than whole redsox team

[Br0nxer]

of course he is

tex contract is going to come back to haunt the yanks

offensive skills already deteriorating

[stevenash]

both are stellar defensive players. mark will have a slight edge there, 4 gold gloves to gonzo's 2.

but gonzalez is an offensive savant. he put impressive numbers playing for the padres in the biggest pitcher park in the majors. he also had no protection in the lineup.

i know the red sox courted teixeira hard when he was a free agent and they were pissed the yankees signed him.

i love watching gonzo hit fly balls that bounce off the green monster for doubles. such a beautiful thing. those balls would be fly ball outs in petco park. i say he wins 2011 al mvp

I love both players, but a prorated average 162 game season for Texieria is 37-120 .285
Those are scary numbers, those are Hall of Fame numbers.
Not to mention Tex has an on base pct of .377 (far above the norm)

Gonzalez's prorated numbers for an average 162 game season are close, even if you factor in the SD factor, but still 1/2 notch below Tex.

Gonzo's numbers are 32-101-.286 on base pct of .369

Close, but not quite.

To argue who's the better first baseman defensivly is like arguing who's better, Keith Hernandez or Don Mattingly?

[Dirty Sanchez]

When you look at the stats...in many of the categories Gonzalez isn't even close.

HR's Tex 284 to Gonzo 176 (1 year advantage for Tex)
RBI Tex 927 to Gonzo 556
2B Tex 310 to Gonzo 199
Hits Tex 1353 to Gonzo 951

Gonzo is a solid player....but in all categories he's a step down from Tex. Better on both sides? That's fan blindness...not reality

[Andy117]

When you look at the stats...in many of the categories Gonzalez isn't even close.

HR's Tex 284 to Gonzo 176 (1 year advantage for Tex)
RBI Tex 927 to Gonzo 556
2B Tex 310 to Gonzo 199
Hits Tex 1353 to Gonzo 951

Gonzo is a solid player....but in all categories he's a step down from Tex. Better on both sides? That's fan blindness...not reality

Compare ABs not years. They have similar stats overall but you should remember that Tex has played in hitters parks and good lineups his whole career while until this season Gonzo has played in just about the worst hitters park in baseball and in an anemic lineup as well.

[jetsjets1028]

thats a big understatement. adrian is the man

[illfuuptn]

Both are wayyyyy overrated on defense but Tex is slightly better there. In EVERY other category(except speed obv.) Gonzalez is a better player. Not only that, but in terms of the future, I would not be surprised if Teixera hit .220 with 15hr in any given year in the next 3 years. On the other hand, I would be SHOCKED if Gonzalez hit less than .290 and/or less than 20 hr in any of the next 5 seasons.

[Footballtime]

This isnt even worth debating....................The Yanks would of loved to have Adrian over Tex.......Case closed!

[8ArIvd5]

probably have more gold gloves if he didn't play in the same league as pujols all those years.

[EmpireMaker]

Tex has been the better player in the past but it seems to be that Gonzo is becoming the better player now

[Grind House]

They're bout the same player except Tex is a better fielder. That's why I'll take him over the other fella.

[SASH]

Tex is much better, not even close. DUMP

[stevenash]

Both are wayyyyy overrated on defense but Tex is slightly better there. In EVERY other category(except speed obv.) Gonzalez is a better player.

I watch 130 + NYY games a year, Tex makes Keith Hernandez plays on a weekly basis.

In every other category Gonzo is better?
On what planet?

Tex
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...eixema01.shtml

Gonzo (sure hits into a ton of DP's, led the league there. )
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...onzaad01.shtml

[jstblaze]

Being a die hard yanks fan, I would still say it is a close argument for current play. But there is still alot of ball to be played this year.

But career so far I really dont see it.