The whole Teixeira mess has gotten so muddied the last few days I'm ignoring most of it. However Evan Grant at the Dallas Morning News has just posted this article. In it he discusses interested teams, leaving out the obligatory Yankies and Red Sox rumors. Both of those teams are not in need of 1b help as the Yanks have Giambi coming off the DL soon and the Sox have plenty of internal options.
Anyway, the current deal seems to be a bidding war between the Dodgers, Angels, and of course the Braves. I'm going out on a limb and say that Tex is not going to the Angels as the Rangers and Angels are both in the AL West and therefore division rivals. It would take an amazing package to get him moved there and I can't see it happening. That leaves the 2 NL clubs. The Dodgers are offering their 1B of the future (Loney), outfielder Ethier, and a pitching prospect, but they want Gagne back.
The Braves are offering Salty, Elvis, and Davies/Harrison. I think the Davies deal would be where JS would push considering his falling out with the team. The best news for the braves is that a Lefty Specialist (what they're requesting) is worth less than the picks Gagne would bring them if a trade falls through. Like Gagne, Mahay is also in the last year of his contract. The long shot here is C.J. Wilson who the braves covet but who is still a ways away from FA.
I'll assume the Rangers are rational here and value their relief at market value. This makes the following trades the most likely.
Braves: Salty, Elvis, Harrison
Rangers: Tex and Gagne/Wilson (depending on valuation of time under control)
Braves: Salty, Elvis, Davies
Rangers: Tex and Mahay
I'm putting the latter down as my guess if the Braves pull this off.
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sorry josh. By all descriptions, that was spam.
yep. it was all in spanish on his site. I know spanish, but that was hard.
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