here is the snippet July 29th 2:46PM:
Teixeira for Kotchman, Marek close
According to an American League source, the Angels and Braves are close to a deal that would send Mark Teixeira to the Angels for first baseman Casey Kotchman and pitcher Stephen Marek.

It is not known if the Angels have had an opportunity to explore contract extension talks with Scott Boras, Teixeira’s agent. The slugging first baseman is set to become a free agent and is said to be seeking a deal for as many as eight years and upwards of $20 million per year.

Kotchman, arguably the MVP on the team with the Majors’ best record, would be under the Braves’ control through 2011. Marek is a hard-throwing reliever.

—Lyle Spencer

And then even more beers and smokes. I’m loaded up, well stocked

LamodafokinLey (6 minutes ago) Report Violation wow the angels just won the world series…....im a redsox fan!

But I’ll be happy to see Kotch be slow and slick with glove for the Braves. Will always root for him.

dont we get the 2 compensation draft picks?

8 years/$20M per? Uh.

I’m actually a little more optimistic than somebody, if only slightlyl. As others have pointed out, the Angels have Kendry Morales if they can’t do a deal with Teix in the offseason, and Trumbo appears to be learning this year at the minor league level. (Certainly his 5-for-5 night with a pair of homers looks rather interesting, though it was one of those matchups; Chris Pettit also homered twice.) What really worries me about Kotch is that he might become a monster offensive force once freed from the Hatcher monster.

no, he’ll be a legend

Mark Trumbo as backup. Honestly, there are a LOT of good reasons to do this deal. It’s not comfortable in some ways, but IMO it’s more likely to be a help than a hindrance.

I like this trade and I’ll still miss Kotch. He gave us several good years here.

he cant even run let alone do any cartwheels!!

It is not even close. Previous to this Jose Guillen

If we can resign him then this is the greatest deal in Halo History! If he walks, then it is a terrible deal because we lost our 1B. And dont tell me that Morales is just as good as Kotch because he isnt

Always want to win

I’m an Angel fan.

i can assure you that

Kotch would have been a guy in 2009. Not sure if Tex will be though.

Never been a big fan of trading everyday players that do play a major factor in the teams success for a guy that will also in a teams point of view play a big part in the success. I have always been good with trading future so called prospects with little or no experience at the big league level in order to upgrade the current teams run for a championship.

This is the reason I had brought up someone like a Huff (4-5 / HR 22 / 4 RBI tonight @NYY) The thinking was you give up some minor league player that is stuck behind current young proven players at the big league level. With that said though I think Tex does make the team better today and for the rest of the season. Just hope he is in an Angel uniform come late Feb of 2009. Huff would have been.

From ESPN:

The Angels didn’t ask for a window to negotiate an extension with Teixeira. But it’s expected that they’ll make a massive effort to sign him to a long-term deal, after trading away their every-day first baseman, and a player they were especially fond of, in Kotchman. Teixeira is a Scott Boras client, however. And early rumblings are that his initial asking price will be in the neighborhood of 10 years, $230 million.