So, I'm thinking it will be all-Teixeira, all the time for the next 4 days and 6 hours (the deadline is 3 p.m. our time on Tuesday), as the rumors keep flying and teams start getting serious about the Teixeira situation...

Ken Rosenthal has an update on the bidding:

Okay.  The Atlanta offer, if legit, is a very good offer.  If the Braves do have this on the table, then Teixeira should end up being dealt...the only question would be, can they squeeze something more out of the Dodgers or Angels.

I'm not sure whether I'd prefer Kotchman and Adenhart over the Atlanta offer.  I'd have to think about that.  Ditto Loney and Kershaw...

Dave Sessions says that the Rangers have to move Teixeira, and have to NOT move him to Anaheim:

Given that the chances of Texas being a playoff team in 2008 are slight, and given that Teixeira is unlikely to re-up with whatever team he signs with, I don't see Teixeira going to Anaheim as being a problem.  I don't care if he kills us for the next season-and-a-half as an Angel...if the return is solid, that's all that matters.

Evan Grant offers some specifics on the Anaheim offer:

Kotchman and one of the outfielders is not a real good offer.  Kicking in Adenhart puts it close to the Atlanta offer, if not better...Saunders and Santana, on the other hand, I'm not that high on.  Santana, I've spoken about before, and Saunders seems like a back of the rotation guy, and the Rangers need something better than that in a Teixeira deal.

The L.A. Times has a story headlined "Teixeira or Bust":

Kotchman, Santana and Willits, Haynes or Evans?  Bleah.

Kotchman, Santana and Adenhart?  Sign me up.

I also have to wonder if seeing the stock on some of these guys plummet may make Stoneman a little more aggressive than he has been in the past.  A few years ago, the Angels had three stud positional prospects that were going to lead them to the promised land -- Kotchman, Jeff Mathis, and Dallas McPherson.  McPherson and Mathis have busted, and Kotchman has turned into a nice player.  Meanwhile, Brandon Wood, Ervin Santana, and Erick Aybar have all seen their stock go down this season.

That might make Stoneman more willing to kick in someone like Adenhart than he would have been in previous years...

Bobby Cox, meanwhile, is praising the work of Julio Franco as their new first baseman, saying he's better than his 4 for 23 start would suggest.  Uh-huh.

David O'Brien at the AJC says that acquiring Teixeira may hasten Andruw Jones' departure from Atlanta, as the Braves may prefer to give $18 million per year long-term to Teixeira instead of Jones.  

The thing there is, though, I don't know if Teixeira is going to take $18 million per year.  I'd bet it is going to take a lot more than that to get him to sign an extension before he becomes a free agent.

Joel Sherman reports that the feeling is the Rangers like the offer from Atlanta, and are basically waiting to see if anyone tops it.

The Boston Herald says that the BoSox aren't making in major moves because of the "exorbinant demands" of the sellers, painting the Rangers as ridiculous for waiting two out of the Buchholz/Ellsbury/Lester trio.  

The Boston Globe says the price for Teixeira is Buchholz, Ellsbury, and a third player...

Personally, I'm not sure that a Lester/Ellsbury package is better than the Atlanta offer or what the Angels will offer, although Buchholz and Ellsbury plus one might be, depending on who the third player is.

New York Newsday says the Rangers need to lower their demands for Teixeira for the Yankees to be involved, and another report says that the Yanks won't part with Chamberlain, Kennedy or Hughes, and thus are going to focus on Ty Wigginton instead of Teixeira.

But hey, the Yankees can pat themselves on the back for not parting with any of their pitching prospects, and can convince themselves that Andy Phillips and a couple of pitchers below the Alan Horne-level of quality was a strong offer, and the Rangers were just being unreasonable, while the BoSox can tell themselves the same thing, that Brandon Moss and Wily Mo Pena was more than reasonable...

Meanwhile, teams aren't interested in Sammy Sosa, because he's not, you know, any good.  However, the New York Post says Omar Minaya may now finally be interested in taking a flyer on Sosa...

In non-trade stuff, Mike Heika has a piece on Travis Metcalf's learning curve, as does Anthony Andro in the S-T.  I don't think Metcalf is going to be a regular third baseman on a good team, but I wouldn't have a problem with him as a platoon guy or a bench player, particularly if the Rangers wanted to look at having Hank Blalock play some first base.