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Braves Send Teixeira to the Angels

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thesportsidiot
on July 29, 2008
in Atlanta Braves, Fantasy Baseball, Los Angeles Angels, MLB and MLB Prospects
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The Braves have officially traded first baseman Mark Teixeira to the Angels for fellow one bagger Casey Kotchman. The Braves also picked up right handed pitcher Stephen Marek, a bully for AA Arkansas. This deal is a little disappointing, but only because Marek is 25 years old already and is still in AA. Not only that, he’s sporting a 3.66 ERA. Not enough, Frank Wren, not enough for Mark Teixeira. I like Kotchman, and his best years are just ahead of him. You have to get better than Marek thrown in, though. Jose Arredondo, I’m looking at you.

Kotchman is a good player. Not a great player, but a good one. He should not be owned unless you are in a deep NL only league. Teixeira’s value remains the same, as hitting between Chipper Jones and Brian McCann is hard to beat. Vlad and Torii Hunter aren’t too shabby themselves, and I think both of their value just went up a bit.