Today the Atlanta Braves traded free agent to be Mark Teixeira to the LAA Angels for first baseman Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Stephen Marek.
Teixeira has 20 homers and 78 runs batted in, both of which are more than anyone on the Angels, and is batting .283.
Kotchman is a promising 25-year-old who is having his finest season with a .287 average, 12 homers and 54 R.B.I. Marek is a Class AA reliever who is 2-2 with a 3.66 earned run average, is not considered an elite prospect. The Angels feel that Teixeira is the explosive bat they have lacked.
The Braves will control Kotchman, who will play 1B, until after the 2011 season.
For more on this story, read Jack Curry's article in the NY Times
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