The Atlanta Braves won't quite look the same this season when they hit the field. Mark Kotsay will be in centerfield, not Andruw Jones. Tom Glavine is back in the rotation and who knows who will be at shortstop (Yunel Escobar frontrunner) with Edgar Renteria having been dealt to Detroit.

There will be at least one familiar cog that fantasy owners can count on though, Mark Teixeira. The team avoided arbritration with the power-hitting first baseman by inking him to a $12.5 million, one-year deal on Thursday. In one of the best deadline moves last year the Braves landed the former Ranger and his play rewarded them for their efforts. He hit .306 with 30 homers and 105 RBIs in 132 games in 2007, including .317 with 17 homers and 56 RBIs in 54 games for the Braves after a July 31 trade that brought him to Atlanta from Texas.

Teixeira is going to be a nice fit once again in the heart of Atlanta's offense. Bobby Cox's batting order is going to look a bit different this season, but there is enough there to provide protection to Teixeira. Plus, with only a one-year deal you better believe that he has something to play for. However, that philosophy didn't work too well for owners last season that took Andruw Jones early on.

Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard are the only two guys that I am going to say are clearly ahead of him on my cheat sheet right now at the position. Teixeira is a second-round pick and a top 20 overall player in any format.