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Teixeira Signs 1-Year Deal With Braves
18th January, 2008 - 8:57 am
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - The Braves signed arbitration-eligible Mark Teixeira to a one-year, $12.5 million contract Thursday, and Braves Nation can only hope future negotiations go so smoothly with the slugger's agent.

"I don't know that it signals that, I just know that we'll continue working at [a contract extension]," said Braves GM Frank Wren, who has had plenty of recent conversations with Teixiera's famously hard-driving agent, Scott Boras. "We've had quite a bit of dialogue."

The Braves and Teixeira won't say whether an extension might be worked out before or during the season or if Boras will have his client wait to test the free-agent waters when he's eligible next winter.

The Braves also signed infielder Omar Infante ($1.4 million) and relief pitchers Mike Gonzalez ($2,362,500) and Tyler Yates ($800,000) to one-year contracts, leaving closer Rafael Soriano and outfielder Matt Diaz unsigned among the Braves' arbitration-eligible players. [READ]

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I hate to say that you can get better by trading your best hitter all around power hitter, but I think his piss poor attitude about being in Texas was the correct move to make.

I think they had to do it as well.

of course it was the right move, he wasnt resigning here and id say its about a 20% chance or less he resigns w/the braves

we sold him at his peak and got the best value for him, that whole trade deadline daniels set this team up for this team in the future

I worry about the 5 other catchers. There better be a run of coathcers around the league getting hurt.

BTW - Laird avoided Arbitration today

what do you mean the other 5 catchers

Laird, Teagarden, and the Guy for loftin among others. It just seems thht the rangers are very stacked in catchers right now that should not be sitting behind salty wasting away

they're not in the majors right now so who gives a damn, you want an organization to be stacked w/pitchers and catchers. a log jam at a position isnt a bad thing to have. catchers are hard to come by and there value will be higher automatically b/c of there premium position, plus if salty's defense doesnt improve this year and teagarden continues lighting up the minors we could see salty move to 1st.

I do not view salty as a good option at 1st. HE does not hit for enough power to take over that position. I hear from Newberg that Tegarden is ready, and I think we all know what laird is. I dont like annointing anyone to a position. I want them to earn and continue to earn it.