[vincesanity82]

ESPN's Keith Law reports that the Braves have acquired Casey Kotchman and Stephen Marek from the Angels for Mark Teixeira.
Kotchman has reportedly been pulled off the field after going out to warm up for Tuesday's game. The Angels get a nice upgrade here, but they're giving up a 25-year-old with room to improve for just two months of an at least somewhat overrated first baseman. Marek was also one of their top prospects. A move to the pen this year has him looking like a potential closer.

Mark Teixeira

[vincesanity82]

atleast we got something for him since we werent gonna re-sign him anyway..

[Lefty Noob]

Couple of nice prospects, too, although I'm sure the Braves were hoping until the end to get that 1B prospect from Arizona.

[vincesanity82]

According to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal, the Braves picked the Angels' offer for Mark Teixeira over a package of Chad Tracy and Micah Owings from the Diamondbacks.

interesting..

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

According to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal, the Braves picked the Angels' offer for Mark Teixeira over a package of Chad Tracy and Micah Owings from the Diamondbacks.

interesting..

Yeah, but the guy they really wanted from the D-Backs, I believe his name was Connor Jackson.