When the Braves traded five prospects to the Rangers for first baseman Mark Teixeira and relief pitcher Ron Mahay, not one of the guys sent to Texas was more covetted than catching prospect Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Salty made his presence known on the Braves for those two months he was in the Majors but because of Brian McCann's two all-star appearance butt blocking his way from starting and his inabilty to pick up first base quickly enough his ticket was punched on the trade train which sent him to Texas. Although the odd part about the trade was that Texas already had a catcher Gerald Laird. And even though the Rangers are hopefully to have a productive Salty in their line-up they are ok with giving him some more time to season to just the right taste after sending the 22 year old down to the minors while making Laird their starter for the beginning of the season.
"I'm disappointed because I did everything I possibly could," Saltalamacchia said. "I left it on the field, but at the end of the day, it wasn't good enough. ... But I'll take it and go to Triple-A and be an MVP there."
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