Kotchman pulled in LAA, Teixeira very likely traded

by DSheppard on Jul 29, 2008 4:48 PM CDT

"Angels first baseman Casey Kotchman was pulled off the field during pregame warmups this afternoon at Fenway Park. And there are strong indications he is about to be traded to the Braves for Mark Teixeira, according to a source with knowledge of those discussions. Details are still being finalized, and additional, lesser names are expected to be involved. But Kotchman for Teixeira is the core of this deal."

Well, this would definitely be interesting. Given the surely high price, I would like this from a rangers standpoint. If I were an angels fan I'd probably like it too depending on just how the price is, that team with Tex would move from very good to great.

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The Braves

Talk about getting owned.

by SaltyGoesYard on Jul 29, 2008 4:50 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

most likely yes

but lets wait and see if any of the big 3 we got pan out first

by kumizi on Jul 29, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

That's not a good way of evaluating trades

by Telegraph on Jul 29, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Um...

Shit.

Ian Kinsler has finally earned the right to be the third of my co-favorite players.

by utlonghorn24 on Jul 29, 2008 4:50 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

Um...

Why? Unless they sign him long-term, this has no effect on the Rangers going forward.

by N41D on Jul 29, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Unless he does to the Angels...

what Jason Kidd did to the Mavericks! Kidd ‘em up, Tex!

So... about the job with the Rangers?

by NoNameOnCard on Jul 29, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Because...

This makes the team with the best record in baseball EVEN BETTER. Scary for this year.

LAA has enough money to resign him too, so if they win the Series this year with him, that makes the prospects of him signing a little better there than they would have been.

Don’t get me wrong, I hate Tex after the way he acted. But he’s a damn good player, one which I don’t like to have to face a lot with a division rival.

Ian Kinsler has finally earned the right to be the third of my co-favorite players.

by utlonghorn24 on Jul 29, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Anyone know

How much longer Kotchman is/was under Angels control?

by dieselT8 on Jul 29, 2008 4:51 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

Should be until the end of the 2011 season I think

by Telegraph on Jul 29, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

maybe

he can take down the angels too with his attitude. if all the braves get for him is Kotchman and some lesser names thats kind of funny. it would be even better if he signed with someone else in the offseason.

by jas003 on Jul 29, 2008 4:52 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

i still like the 2 1sts that the Angels will get for him

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 29, 2008 4:52 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

assuming Boras didn't manage to work in his near-standard

“No Arbitration Offers” clause into the contract. I’ve no idea if he did or not, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it were there.

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spiritedness is likely contained in the preceding post

by jtts on Jul 29, 2008 5:15 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

oh, can't wait for those Angels/Rangers game

and all the glorious BOOOOOING of Tex. Subsequently, the posts about why people boo…

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 29, 2008 4:53 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

Caroll makes a call....Lol.

kevin (boston): apparently kotchman was pulled off the field during warm-ups and thought to be in a trade for texeira (according to espn)
Will Carroll: This is confirmed, but not sure what it means. Pause as I make calls.

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 29, 2008 4:55 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

his update

Hearing “very close” on an Angels deal. Kotchman is definitely part of it, but also hearing that none of the Angels top prospects is included in their offer. (Stunner eh?) Will Ohman may be involved as well. All I have now.

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 29, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

re:

And I’m hearing paperwork is in on the deal. I know nothing about Marek.

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 29, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Casey Kotchman and Stephen Mareck

according to Stark.

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 29, 2008 4:55 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

Mareck is nothing special

http://www.minorleagueball.com/

"An effortless 98" - Scott Gardner after Neftali Feliz's first AA pitch

by RangerMad on Jul 29, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Maybe best for the Rangers in the long run

Tex to LAA and they win the World Series. Tex gets his championship and then moves on to the highest bidder.

In the meantime, the Angels lose a good, young player and whatever other prospects go to Atlanta. Yes, they get two picks, but that is always a crap shoot

by T Coleman on Jul 29, 2008 4:55 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

If they dont have to give up any major prospects in addition to kotchman

im disappointed.

the preceding post is not nearly as negative or insulting as you think it is

by DSheppard on Jul 29, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Same Here

Yea they’ll lost Kotchman but at the same time I could see them ponying up for Tex. If not they still get the two picks in the offseason to offset his loss.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

i kind of hope they do pony up for him.

that way they can spend another huge amount of money on someone who dosen’t deserve it. he’s a good player but he not worth the money that is rummored…kind of like GMJ a couple of years ago.

by jas003 on Jul 29, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

why does it matter?

its not like there is a salary cap

by kumizi on Jul 29, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

yea, but at some point a lot of bad contracts will bite you in the ass

lots of memories.

by jas003 on Jul 29, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Uhh

Not to give you Econ 101 but resources aren’t infinite.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

So...

Feliz, Andrus, Saltalamacchia, Harrison, Beau Jones for Casey Kotchman and no playoffs…

Ouch.

by N41D on Jul 29, 2008 5:00 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

lmao

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Jul 29, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

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First baseman Casey Kotchman and Class AA right-hander Stephen Marek are headed to Atlanta in exchange for the power-hitting first baseman.

by laxtonto on Jul 29, 2008 5:02 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

Damnit

My AL only fantasy team has taken a beat down in AL-to-NL trades.

First Harden.

Now Kotchman.

F*K!

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 29, 2008 5:02 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

It gets even awesomer!

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Time to pick up Tex

I believe he’ll stay in the AL too, so this is awesome for me.

by LiamP on Jul 29, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Do you have the #1 waiver?

Yea he will probably end up with Baltimore or NY. I would even give the Angels a decent shot at getting him signed.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 5:12 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

I do indeed have the #1 waiver

by LiamP on Jul 29, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Lucky I've got #3

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 5:33 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Admittedly I wasn't active enough to use the #1 anyway.

But I was planning on holding onto the #1 waiver with the hope that someone big would be coming over. I was hoping for Holliday initially, then today Kemp for Manny become a possibility and I would’ve used it on Kemp, but i’m fine with Teixeira :)

by LiamP on Jul 29, 2008 10:34 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Manny

I still don’t believe the redsox trade him in the middle of a playoff run. They’d be wise to keep him and let him walk for draft picks

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Jul 30, 2008 6:58 AM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

waiver

i used my #2 priority on davis, i thought about holding onto it for the trade deadline but i love me some davis

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Jul 29, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Davis

Yea Davis worked out well for ya. I think I saw somewhere that he has hit the most HRs in the AL since his call up.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 10:59 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Cool

as long as he doesn’t go to that rat bastard Nikpin I’m fine with it.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 29, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

THIS IS AWESOME

this is our only chance of making the PLAYOFFS! everyone knows that Tex is the ULTIMATE COOLER in baseball, so this was our only chance lets see if it works!!

by blueballlefty on Jul 29, 2008 5:03 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

Yea

He’s pretty good in the second half though.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

i guess if he dosen't resign with them

they could always convert GMJ to firstbase, since they already have that 50 million dollar contract sitting on the bench.

by jas003 on Jul 29, 2008 5:05 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

good trade for angels imo

kotchman is pretty average. tex can put up huge numbers in the AL and they are one of the few teams that can sign him. would give them legit protection behind vlad

by kumizi on Jul 29, 2008 5:06 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

So let em get this straight

None of the teams we would be willing to deal with got Tex? So not only is Bradley the best bat available on the market we didn’t lose any team we would actually deal with …

fine by me

by laxtonto on Jul 29, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

I cant believe halo's heaven doesnt like this

Kotchman is fine, but hes very replaceable as a 1b.

Teixeira helps them big time for a world series run.

the preceding post is not nearly as negative or insulting as you think it is

by DSheppard on Jul 29, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

Buster Olney says the Angels were already the team to beat and are now clearly the best in the league.

Has this man watched any baseball this year? Or opened up a stat sheet?

by philkid3 on Jul 29, 2008 5:09 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

Its pretty obvious

Why, were you thinking it was someone else?

by SaltyGoesYard on Jul 29, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Steve Phillips says he does more research than anyone else at ESPN.

Oh wait.

“Steve Phillips says. . .”

Nevermind.

by philkid3 on Jul 29, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Steven Marek

Man you think they could have held out for something better than a AA RH reliever. I can’t even think of someone to compare him to in the Rangers system. Maybe Beau Jones value wise?

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

LHP vs. RHP?

Nah, Beau has more value, IMO.

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Jul 29, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Yea

Maybe a rich mans Andrew Laughter.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Woops

Saw someone said that 6 minutes before me in the other thread so I’ll stick to a RH version of Beau Jones.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

IMHO

I like Kotchman going forward, I think three years of Kotchman for two months of Teixeira, if your out of contention, is decent. BUT I can’t believe the Braves couldn’t get better than that.

by philkid3 on Jul 29, 2008 5:19 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

HH

Speculating Moreno will work out a massive extension.

Can’t see it happening to be honest.x

by LiamP on Jul 29, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Vlad could come off the books.

But that’s doubtful.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 29, 2008 5:35 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

wow, they're retarted

up 11.5 games

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Jul 29, 2008 5:31 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

they did it for the playoffs

that lineup failed miserably last year in the postseason and its been worse this year. very good deal for the angels unfortunately.

I'm sorry my parents never had me sarcamsized.

by rchawk12 on Jul 29, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Third-order record: 54-51

That’s good for 8th in the AL.

They’re going to the playoffs, but they’re definitely not the best team in the league, and they need to improve their chances of getting through the playoffs.

Far from retarded.

by philkid3 on Jul 29, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs