Gammons On Street, Amezaga, Tejada

Tejada does make alot of sense for the BoSox if they were willing to take on a good amount of salary. There isn't a whole ton of power left in his bat and he isn't a great SS but he can still hit obviously.

I wouldn't bet it would cost any of the BoSox's very top prospects to get Tejada for half a year. I feel like he could be in the Masterson, Lugo, thow-in + cash range, but the prospects obviously depend on how much salary is taken on and how much the Stros are in sell mode.

bbxxj, I think that if the Sox pay his full salary, they could get him for next to nothing. Masterson is WAY too valuable for a 35+ year old SS, seemingly in the final stages of decline. Maybe two B prospects, but certainly not a guy like Masterson.

Sure hope the Sox wouldnt give up Masterson for Tejada. Hes still a pretty good prospect. Tejada is a good hitter, but so it Lowrie. It seems like giving up a good, cheap prospect for 3 months of a nice upgrade, but not huge upgrade is a bit dramatic. If Ortiz starts hitting suddenly the sox are team without many holes.

.299/.354/.388 with a 11.6 UZR/150 in CF

I know Pods isn't 11.6 good in CF and he has no power but .299/.354 is pretty darn servicable in CF if Q is back to play left. Adding Spilborghs would still be a good idea in case Pods can't stick in CF or his numbers fade or just for better OF depth.

Sure hope the Sox wouldnt give up Masterson for Tejada. Hes still a pretty good prospect. Tejada is a good hitter, but so it Lowrie. It seems like giving up a good, cheap prospect for 3 months of a nice upgrade, but not huge upgrade is a bit dramatic. If Ortiz starts hitting suddenly the sox are team without many holes.

Posted by: chicubs25 | June 12, 2009 at 11:48 AM

This is very true. If the Sox pick up all of his salary then they could get him for next to nothing. The Stros would probably ask for a few low level prospects with moderate upside to help their dreadful minor league depth.

I agree with AJ. There's no way Stros take Lugo back. They dumped him long ago and never looked back. Sox would either have to flip him to another team desperate to get a SS and they would give up basically nothing for him while the Sox would have to eat alot of his salary.

THe big issue here is Lugo has negative value and Tejada has fairly positive value. He is hitting pretty well and only has half a season left on his contract. Lugo has a couple (with a vesting option that as of now I don't see kicking in) So how does Theo make this work? Any ideas?

".299/.354/.388 with a 11.6 UZR/150 in CF"

Obviously, my frustrations with Chicago's outfield have far more to do with Brian Anderson and DeWayne Wise than Podsednik, who has somehow been a pleasant surprise for them.

His strikeout rate is half of his career rate, his BABIP isn't at an unsustainable level, and thus far he's played some really nice defense for them.

I'd expect him to regress at least a tad, but if he can stay close to these levels all season, then I would at least be satisfied with what Pods has done.

My biggest problem with Podsednik is that he was a BELOW replacement level player from 2006-2008, and yet he's now suddenly having a resurgence?

I actually like Tejada to Sox. The Getz/Fields tandem is a worse offensive (and defensive) black hole than Pods. Tejada at 3B (Sox eat salary, no prospects) would be a great idea.

"Kenny, you better be in on Spilly, because the sight of a Scott Podsednik-Brian Anderson-Jermaine Dye outfield is mildly infuriating."

Yeah, KW should be in on Spilly and every other available decent CF.

btw, scribble, do you think KW's got some large-scale shocker trade up his sleeve? That's what I'm sensing. Some impact player.

Oh wow just eat the salary and no prospects for tejada yeah the astros are gonna be okay with that why dont you just eat the salary for oswalt and you can take him 2 there is berkman 2 if you want him

"Oh wow just eat the salary and no prospects for tejada yeah the astros are gonna be okay with that why dont you just eat the salary for oswalt and you can take him 2 there is berkman 2 if you want him"

Tejada is a slightly above average player on a one year deal making $13M.

If the Astros want the other team to eat the remainder of Tejada's salary, then they won't receive much more than a prospect or two.

Ideally, I would absolutely freak out if we could pry Tejada and Michael Bourn from Houston in some bigger deal, but I doubt that Houston wants to give up one of their like three decent young players.

Tejada and Bourn for Josh Fields and Jordan Danks?

I really love Danks, but he's a couple years away and Bourn would be a nearly ideal fit for that team if he's capable of getting on base in the AL.

Well, not necessarily clean the system, but give up value. Nobody wants to clean the system.

Since the Cards are in the same division the price would b pretty high for them. But if they took Tejeda's contract and sent a guy like Mortensen or Walters plus Brian Anderson and Jon Jay or Pete Kozma the Astros couldn't possibly say no... Right?

I would rather have Tejeda than Holliday. We have a need at third and short. not leftfield.

What do you guys think?

Honestly, if refuse to deal Tejada to the Cardinals just because we are in the same division, that would be dumb on their part. We may be the team that would need Tejada the most. If Tejada is being dealt, then obviously the Astros aren't in it and there is a very slim chance that we give Tejada an extension. So what exactly would be the problem? Astros are out of it, Cards won't resign him, Astros dump salary, and Astros get young prospects in return. Don't see why it would be a problem.

Brian Anderson can rly hit but so can Molina. So he wont ever get a chance in STL and he needs to b moved. I watched him hit and he will b solid in the big leagues.

Kozma wont ever hit but he will eventually make the bigs by playin great D.

Mayb if we threw in Jess Todd along with Mortensen or Walters.

Jon Jay will someday b a very solid platoon OFer. Mayb an every day guy.

if we eat the contract we should b able to get him. if they fall out of the race completely i dont see why we could not get him.

All I know is the Cards are tied for first place now.. Again. and that If John Mozeliak is going to make a move he needs to start doing it now. This team has potential to take it all this year, but were missing 2 peices. maybe.. Peavy, and mark de rosa. am i asking for too much there?

Why would the Astros trade their best hitter at this time of the year?

They need him if they are going to make the Playoffs.

I say they should trade OF Carlos Lee for young prospects.

I know I know... Carlos Lee is hitting .320, 10 Homeruns, and about 40 RBIs. But hes getting old and we can get ALOT of talent for him. Get the youth back and get ready for years to come.

Solution: Trade OF Carlos Lee for you talent. Become a bit young again and grow the franchise.

Let me let you in on a little insight death. cyanide, Carlos Lee has a full no trade clause that goes through 2010. As much sense as that would make... there's no way that's happening because Carlos has a cattle ranch outside of Houston that he probably almost cares about more than baseball itself.

About Miguel Tejada. In Drayton's warped world he still thinks this team can contend. He never thinks that they won't be able to, even though everyone and their dog knows that it won't. It hasn't helped that they have made late season runs in 3 of their last 4 seasons. The only way they would trade Tejada is if we start losing... which is not happening right now. The Astros have won their last 4 series.

I really would like to know what Ed Wade would/could do if he was not completely saddled by Drayton McLane Jr.