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The Teixeira Trade Signals a Seller's Market |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 11:15 am |
| Tags: adam dunn, adamdunn, damaso marte, damasomarte, eric gagne, ericgagne, jarrod saltalamacchia, jarrodsaltalamacchia, jermaine dye, jermainedye, ken griffey jr, kengriffeyjr, mark teixeira, markteixeira, salomon torres, salomontorres, scott linebrink, scottlinebrink |
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Filed under: Atlanta, Dallas, Rangers, Braves, AL West, NL East, MLB RumorsLet the Mark Teixeira fallout continue. While Mullet just told you what the trade of Big Tex to the Braves might mean for your favorite contending team, I'm here to tell you what it might mean for your favorite non-contending team. It's pretty easy, actually. This trade, coupled with the Scott Linebrink deal, has firmly established a strong seller's market at this trade deadline. Let's look at things. For a little more than one season of Teixeira (he's eligible for free agency after 2008), who is certainly a good hitter but who has seen his home run power erode the past two seasons, and an unproven reliever, the Braves are giving up one of the better prospects in the game in Jarrod Saltalamacchia, as well low level shortstop Elvis Andrus (another of their top prospects) and two pitching prospects. That's quite a ransom. Throw that in with the three decent pitching prospects the Padres for the struggling [ Full article ] |
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