Astros acquire Tejada from Orioles

[BigWeiner]

According to the Baltimore Sun, the Astros have acquired Miguel Tejada from the Orioles for outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate, and third baseman Michael Costanzo.

[TheRook]

Wow the Astros got screwed on that one.

[molta02]

i liked luke scott alot.

[BettorsChat]

Astros need bats

[molta02]

what do they do w/ adam everett? move tejada to 3rd?

[Gookis]

Washed up, steroid using has been

[ctt8410]

Wow the Astros got screwed on that one.

You think so? Patton is the only one in that group that I like and he's been headed the wrong direction lately. This looks to me like the Orioles dumping Tejada for a bag of magic beans the day before the Mitchell Report comes out.

[kbsooner21]

I expect this guy's name to be mentioned in the Mitchell report

[BigWeiner]

what do they do w/ adam everett? move tejada to 3rd?

I would move Everett to the bench, they have Ty Wiggington to play 3rd. They still need another top of the line starter and they were stupid to trade Lidge.

[ctt8410]

This could be a pretty decent lineup in the NL:

1 - Bourn, CF
2 - Matsui, 2B
3 - Berkman, 1B
4 - C.Lee, LF
5 - Tejada, SS
6 - Pence, RF
7 - Wigginton, 3B
8 - Towles, C

[molta02]

I would move Everett to the bench, they have Ty Wiggington to play 3rd. They still need another top of the line starter and they were stupid to trade Lidge.

they need everetts glove, one of the best fielding ss in baseball. could use wiggy off the bench, i think he's overrated. could also play him at 1b some games, w/ lance going to the OF.


as for lidge, he needed to go. change of scenery will do him well.

I still HATE that taveras trade from last year.

[BigWeiner]

they need everetts glove, one of the best fielding ss in baseball. could use wiggy off the bench, i think he's overrated. could also play him at 1b some games, w/ lance going to the OF.


as for lidge, he needed to go. change of scenery will do him well.

I still HATE that taveras trade from last year.

I don't see why Lidge had to go, he was a dominating relief pitcher, that's very valuable. He had great numbers again last year. So what he gave up a monster homerun to Pujols, big deal. They'll miss him huge.

[TheRook]

You think so? Patton is the only one in that group that I like and he's been headed the wrong direction lately. This looks to me like the Orioles dumping Tejada for a bag of magic beans the day before the Mitchell Report comes out.

Maybe i'm just looking blankly at the numbers. 5 players for 1...and that 1 is an injury prone possible steriod user who's on the decline IMO.

Just doesn't make sense to me. but I've been wrong before....

[10DimeBry]

Maybe i'm just looking blankly at the numbers. 5 players for 1...and that 1 is an injury prone possible steriod user who's on the decline IMO.

Just doesn't make sense to me. but I've been wrong before....

rook tejada isnt injury prone. he has been injured once in 8yrs. he is on the decline i agree. but injury prone no way

[BigWeiner]

Maybe i'm just looking blankly at the numbers. 5 players for 1...and that 1 is an injury prone possible steriod user who's on the decline IMO.

Just doesn't make sense to me. but I've been wrong before....

Those five players are pretty average. Scott's ok, Patton might be ok, Albers looks terrible. Tejada is 31, still should be good for .300 and 20 homeruns for 3 more years. Didn't he win the Homerun derby in Houston a few years ago?