<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: raider13</div><div class="ubbcode-body">dumb move imo</div></div>

Dumb post, IMO.

Casey Kotchman isn't exactly peanuts. Guy's a good ballplayer and only has 4 years of MLB time under his belt, most of that as a reserve, and he was one of the best prospects in the Angels' system before this season, when he's finally gotten consistent PT.

So, your dumb move got the Braves:

1) younger at a key corner IF position,
2) better defensively than Teixeira,
3) got the above two w/o losing much offensive pop at all,
4) a better chance to sign a young 1B for the long-term than they would have had they kept Teixeira.

Also, Steven Marek, the Minor League pitcher Atlanta got from Anaheim is highly regarded as one of their top low-minor pitching prospects they had in their system. So he wasn't any slouch.

So yeah...dumb move...where's that "roll eyes" icon when you need it.

And I don't even like the Braves. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]