Miguel Tejada Age Discrepancy

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Links of the Day 4/17/08
Published 4/17/2008 by Ryan at The Victoria Times
... ? It looks like the Astros mistake of trading for Miguel Tejada was just compounded. They traded for a Miguel Tejada thats 2 years older than anyone thought . Labels: ...

Tejada: Older than you thought. Younger than I thought.
Published 4/18/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... Now that we know he lied about his age, anyone who believed his steroid denials will rightfully wonder if he’s lying about that, too. But the bigger deal, of course, is that Tejada’s actual age calls into question what the Astros can expect to get out of him, considering that the peak age for the average baseball player is generally considered 27. And the discrepancy also calls into question last winter’s trade between ‘Stros and the O’s. Yet Houston GM Ed Wade doesn’t seem to care. MLB Trade Rumors : I’m surprised - those two years have to be a big consideration when ...