weblogs.baltimoresun.com - 12/12/2007
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The Orioles sent Miguel Tejada to Houston, and for all those who thought the four-time All Star shortstop would be tasty trade bait, well, think again. There are five guys coming here -- outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate and third baseman Michael Costanzo. If there's a household name in there, it's Luke Scott. And if it is a household name for you, you ...
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Tejada Traded to the Astros
East Coast Bias —
... According to Bill Ordine of the Baltimore Sun, Luke Scott is a 30-year-old who hit .255 with 18 homers and 64 RBIs last year. For most teams, that would not be an upgrade. According to Wikipedia, he is also a devout Christian and is fluent in Spanish. Albers was 4-11 with a 5.86 ERA. The other two pitchers (Patton and Sarfate) have 18 major league games between them. The 3B, Costanzo, is supposedly the prospect of the bunch. ...
O’s fans suspect Tejada deal linked to Mitchell report
umpbump.com —
... year - and three pitchers with varying degrees of promise.” Over at the Fanhouse, the consensus is the same: “For a team that’s short on young players, the Astros dealt a lot of them for two years of Tejada. Everyone knew that the Orioles were desperate to move Tejada’s salary. To get so much in return for a player coming off a down year is a feather in the cap of Andy MacPhail.”
But in Baltimore, the reaction has been very different. On the Baltimore Sun’s blog, Bill Ordine laments:
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Miguel Tejada traded
lonestarball.com 12/12/2007 — The Baltimore Orioles have traded Miguel Tejada... and appear to have gotten a very nice haul for him... According to the Baltimore Sun: In return for the four-time All-Star, the Orioles will get outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy ...
Orioles Restock
baseballmusings.com 12/12/2007 — The Baltimore Orioles send Miguel Tejada to the Astros for five players: In return for the four-time All-Star, the Orioles will get outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate, and third baseman Michael Costanzo. I'll ...
Tejada to Houston: done. —
The Transaction Guy
As we first reported on December 6th , the Baltimore Orioles have traded Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros for five players. Outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate, and third baseman Michael Costanzo head to Baltimore in exchange for shortstop Tejada. Tejada is due $13 million in ‘08 and ‘09.
This is the first of many expected moves by ...
Tejada to the Astros —
Breaking Balls
Rumor has it that Miguel Tejada has been traded to the Houston Astros in exchange for Luke Scott , Matt “Hey hey hey, I’m Fat” Albers, Troy Patton , Dennis Sarfate and Michael Costanzo .
More word as we get it. Ed Wade has now added a starting centerfielder and a starting shortstop. Not bad for two months on the job.
UPDATE 12:53PM EST: Here is the Houston ...
General Manager Manifesto: Volume II —
DRaysBay
We all know about the Rays need of a left-handed hitter, specifically one that can play in right field. I propose we trade with the Astros for OF Luke Scott. I have contacted some people who are more knowledgeable than myself of the Astros organization to ask what it would take to pry Luke Scott from their hands. I have knocked some idea's around with RJ and we came up with 2 options for them. ...
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The Astros Dugout
I apologise for not writing for a week - first my husband and kids were sick, then I was. And you know that if I’m too sick to read any baseball news, that’s sick.
Anyhow, of course I had heard that Ed Wade has been trying to package Luke Scott and Chris Burke for pitching. We all know that there are no available number 2 pitchers and if there were, he would most DEFINITELY cost ...
