Braves finally deal Teixeira.

Atlanta Braves LogoI think Braves fans knew it was coming sooner or later. Teixeira had to go; no way the Braves were going to be able to afford to sign him to a long term deal. Today the Braves sent Teixeira to the Angels.

On Tuesday, the Angels made the kind of deadline blockbuster they’re often accused of never making when they traded first baseman Casey Kotchman and pitching prospect Stephen Marek to Atlanta for the right to run Teixeira out there as their first baseman for the next two months.

Initially, according to a source, the Braves asked for Kotchman, top pitching prospect Nick Adenhart and a third player in exchange for Teixeira. But the Angels told Atlanta that although they might be willing to talk about, essentially, a Kotchman-for-Teixeira swap even-up, they were not willing to open a hole in their club for either 2008 or 2009. The clubs then compromised Tuesday afternoon by agreeing on Marek, a 24-year-old Double-A right-hander who wasn’t regarded as one of the Angels’ premier prospects.

I do not know enough about Kotchman or the AA prospect, but it was probably the best Atlanta could do. Disappointing, but understandable.

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