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Trade Bait: Tejada to the Padres
The Orioles are rebuilding and the Padres are…..well you thought they’d be rebuilding right now too. But the Padres have been in the lead in the NL West for most of the summer and at times have had the best record in the National League. Now they are looking to improve their chances at winning a National League pennant by trading for Miguel Tejada.
Tejada isn’t the star hitter he once was, but he should be a decent role-player and veteran presence for the team. He’ll back up Chase Headley at third base and Everth Cabrera at short. This will put Manager Bud Black into a quandary of deciding about sticking with a good defense at short and putting up with a .199 batting average, or going with lesser defense and a bit better stick.
In return the Orioles made out well by convincing Padres GM Jed Hoyer to give them pitching prospect Wynn Pelzer, ranked by John Sickels as the team’s 5th overall prospect heading into 2010. Baseball America ranked Pelzer seventh. He has a heavy mid-90s fastball, but his walk rate is pretty high. A move to the pen could result in higher 90s on his fastball, allowing him to become a dominant closer.
This is a very good move by the Orioles. As for the Padres, typically I would say this is going to hurt for a low-payroll team, but they seem to grow dominant relievers in PETCO Park like crabgrass in my back yard.
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