Braves Acquire Mark Teixeira

"The last time I looked the Phillies were 3 1/2 back and the Braves 4.5. I also note that Beltran is heading to the DL. You really feel confident about sitting pat?"

Beltran has not helped this team this year. I am much more conifdent with Milledge in centerfield RIGHT NOW then I would be with Beltran. The mets have a 4.5 game lead despite HORRIBLE years from Beltran and Delgado, Wright taking off a month and a half, Lo Duca and Green playing like crap. I dont even care that Beltran is on the DL. If I was Omar I would look into trading him in the offseason and giving Milledge/Gomez the CF spot. Shed some salary, get some prospects, go after Arod, move Wright to second base. Thats what I would do.

I really wouldn't be against trading Beltran. He's an incredible defensive OFer, arguably one of the best in baseball. However, he lacks any consistency with his bat whatsoever.

I salivate at the thought of Milledge and Gomez in the same outfield. Since Alou and Green are gone at the end of the year, I think they have spots locked up. If Beltran could be moved for something, I wouldn't mind seeing some pitching come back. Glavine will be gone, and El Duque will be another year older. Plus, we don't know how Pedro is going to look.

I don't know if I move Wright from 3B. If A-Rod demanded to play 3B, then I guess you don't have a choice.

"Your Mets are not the juggernaut that everyone predicted and that is tearing you apart inside isn't it? I think you just a little bitter because your Mets aren't doing anything to get better/younger."

Yeahh, umm, who has the best record in the league? Lol how about those cardinals. I think your the one who is mad your team isnt getting better and younger. The cards are like the worst team there is right now. Lets see where they can get better/younger. Every spot in the rotation, second base, shortstop, 3rd base, left field, right field, centerfield. Wow, the Cards are really looking up. Atleast you have that AMAZING farm system to look forward to rofl. Jersey, if Wright didnt want to swtich positions I wouldnt even consider it. If it was okay with him it would be okay with me.

If you want a decent return for Beltran in in terms of pitching, you will have to eat a large portion of that enourmous contract you guys signed him to. With the high asking price of pitching during the dealine this year, it would not even be worth it for the Mets to trade Beltran. They would want a proven starter (Garland?) and Kenny Williams or any other GM wouldn't take on a big salary and trade away a top tier pitcher in this market.

nrmax88--I'm not gonna take the bait. Atlanta's a great city and so is New York. Good point about Atlanta fans not being able to sell our place out though. That really bothers hardcore Braves fans like myself, but I guess alot of fans just chose to stop paying attention after getting their hearts broken 3, 4, 5 times.

Wow, do we have a bunch of 13 year olds posting on this site? I'm a Braves fan, but reading all of these comments make me sick. All I've heard is from non-Mets fans: "Great trade for both sides." From Braves fans: "Nice deal. I don't like that we gave up that much, but JS knows what he is doing." Then you have the Mets fans: "HAHA, the Mets are going to win. Lets hijack the thread and talk about how the Mets are!"

Seriously, some of these posters on this site just need to get a life and realize not every post has to be about how your team is better than our team. As for the trade, I'm not sure what to make of it. I was okay when I found out it was Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Elivis Andrus, but now that Tim has updated the post to say Feliz (plus another pitching prospect) has been involved, I'll give the nod to the Rangers. If you don't know about Feliz, in my opinion, he has the highest upside of all the pitchers in the Braves system. I like the fact that we acquired a LOOGY and a productive first baseman. I think this is a win-win deal with the Braves going towards winning this year and next, and the Rangers getting a lot of potential.

"The good thing for the rest of the division is that what the Braves acquired will have walked by 2009 and the cupboard will be bare in the minors."

Wow, this shows how ignorant you really are. I guess our system is barren because we lost all of the big names? We still have Matt Harrison, Tommy Hanson, Van Pope, Eric Campbell, Brent Lillibridge, Brandon Jones, Dan Smith, Will Startup (I think that's his name,) Brandon Heyward, Jon Gilmore, Cody Johnson and Manny Acosta.

Let's do some research before we post some time.

Hmmm Zach... I don't recall anyone laughing at the trade. Care to point that out?

"Let's do some research before we post some time."

Just because we aren't Braves fans doesn't mean we have to blow our load all over the deal. If we feel that the Mets are still the better team, we're going to say so. It's an honest opinion, and a valid one at that seeing as a lot of people (posters and columnists) seem to think this makes the Braves the team to beat in the NL East.