If the Angels wern’t the top team in the American league before today, they are now. The team has reportedley finished a trade that would send Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Stephen Marek to the Atlanta Braves for slugging switch-hitter Mark Teixeira.
Teixeira was hitting .283 with 20 home runs, and will bring in the power bat at first base that the Angels have longed for.
Casey Kotchman was hitting .287 with 12 homers for the Angels, and will be a solid addition to the Braves ballclub. Stephen Marek, 25, is a right-hander who has gone 2-6 with a 3.66 ERA in 34 relief appearances for Double-A Arkansas this year.
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July 30th, 2008 at 12:16 am
[...] Angels Land Teixeira; Kotchman Sent to AtlantaThe team has reportedley finished a trade that would send Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Stephen Marek to the Atlanta Braves for slugging switch-hitter Mark Teixeira. Teixeira was hitting .283 with 20 home runs, and will bring … [...]
July 30th, 2008 at 2:03 am
[...] Angels Land Teixeira; Kotchman Sent to AtlantaThe team has reportedley finished a trade that would send Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Stephen Marek to the Atlanta Braves for slugging switch-hitter Mark Teixeira. Teixeira was hitting .283 with 20 home runs, and will bring … [...]