The Orioles and Rangers have agreed to a trade that will send Taylor Teagarden to Baltimore for minor league right-hander Randy Henry and a player to be named later. The Orioles have a full 40-man roster and will have to clear room on it for Teagarden.
Teagarden, 27, has a .220/.286/.417 career line with 16 home runs in 392 career big league plate appearances over the course of four seasons. The 2005 third rounder has a .262/.374/.488 line in parts of six minor league seasons. He'll back up starter Matt Wieters.
Henry, 21, has a 3.33 ERA with 8.3 K/9 and 1.7 BB/9 in 75 2/3 minor league innings since the Orioles selected him in the fourth round of the 2009 draft. He has yet to reach Double-A.
While the Orioles had just one catcher — Wieters — on their 40-man roster, the Rangers had three of them. Mike Napoli and Yorvit Torrealba were ahead of Teagarden on Texas' depth chart, which made the out-of-options backstop expendable.
Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun first reported the discussions and added detail, while Jon Heyman of SI.com first reported that the teams had agreed to a deal.
Good to hear it won’t be Posada or Varitek or Jake Taylor.
Hey, at least Jake Taylor could throw the ball to the pitcher unlike that other catcher. Crap I forget his name…
Mathis?
Rube Baker.
“Hey, Pedro! I made the rooster!”
Waiting to see what he cost us…..
“Minor League Pitcher and PTBNL”. Helpful haha.
kevin gregg? heres hoping
That’s a little too much wishing thinking. While, I like your thinking Jon Daniels wouldn’t do that. 6 million salary for 400k salary. Duquette did a good job I think… for right now I think that.
agreed, it was more of a wishful thinking post lol
I like Kevin Gregg, just not anywhere near the 9th inning. Appears like I am in the minority on this one.
I like him only when he throws at Ortiz :p
Duquette reflexively offered Heathcliff Slocumb before realizing he’s been out of the league for over a decade.
Has anyone told him that Pedro Martinez is no longer playing?
My thoughts and prayers are with Taylor Teagarden and his family during this time of tragedy.
That’s terrible!
That’s funny and all, but I’m thinking his family thinks playing 40-65 games with a new team that’s interested in him is probably better than bopping around AAA for a team that has given up on you.
I see 30-40max games unless Wieters gets hurt
30-40 sounds good. The Orioles have said they want to give Wieters a little more rest.
Either way, doesn’t change my argument.
This is why the internet needs a sarcasm detector…
I love his name.
Bascom?
Ohh now i know why disqus had a fail last night, its all new and fancy n stuff now. oh ya and teagarden trade n stuff kool.
Come on, Oriole’s!! Just change your name to the Baltimore Rangers and get it over with.
Sounds betten than the Baltimore Cubs
A 21 year old AND a PTBNL for a backup catcher? I guess so…
Can something exciting happen now?
Keep hearing the Orioles linked to Aramis Ramirez. After a couple years with ex-Cub Derrek Lee, now they want the other Cubs corner infielder who’s past his prime?
Duquette knows those guys weren’t good enough even in 2003, right?
Duquette said he isn’t looking for corner infield help, so unless he wants Ramirez in the outfield, you can dismiss those rumors.
didn’t know that half a season takes a couple years. Derek Lee was a flyer worth the risk on the reward he could play like 2009 again. And he didn’t. Meh.
Whoaaa new disqus
Good move and as far as Jeff Mathis goes. PAH! Teagarden has a shot to play 50-60 games this year. Reason being Wieters should and will play some 1B. Teagarden is a stellar defender (34% CS% in his career). Good move by Duquette, now get some pitching. Go Rays!
Wieters probably won’t be touching first base anytime soon. Barring extreme circumstances, you don’t put a Gold Glove catcher at first base.
A gold glove catcher who actually deserves it even more…
Exactly. Wieters is phenomenal behind the plate. The only comparison I can make to Wieters defensively (granted, I’m only 24 years old) is Ivan Rodriguez.
I don’t know about that comparison. How many runners did Wieters pick off first base last year?
If it allows his bat in the lineup on days he is resting from catching its pretty smart… He played maybe 5 games at 1B last year, probably the same amount this year
Let’s just say Nick Markakis played more games at first base last year than Wieters.
Wieters is arguably the best defensive catcher in the game. You don’t put him at first
Also, you don’t move Mark Reynolds away from the one defensive position he can play without encouraging heavy drinking.
He will probably play some DH to rest him, but he won’t be at first.
Pretty amazing how far Teagarden has fallen. It was just a few years ago the Rangers were trying to get a package of quality pitchers from the Red Sox to trade him to be primary catcher. he was the can’t miss kid that winter.
To make room for Teagarden, the Orioles have DFA’d Pedro Viola. THE ORIOLES WIN THE TRADE SOLELY BECAUSE OF THIS.
Don’t really understand this…was there some pressing urgency that demanded a catcher 4 months before Spring Training? Something has to come up that doesn’t cost a young prospect with some minor upside. Pittsburgh literally got a backup catcher last year for nothing when pressed against the wall. Unless Weiters isn’t going to play 145 games next year, why bother?
The big winner here? Randy Henry, who manages to escape the Baltimore minor league pitching death pits.
Hate to see Henry go but disagree with you otherwise. Teagarden is a good defensive catcher and someone who will be good for our pitching. This also allows Wieters to DH some games. Don’t agree with you at all.
I like it..this is all about depth. It seems depth is the priority this offseason so far and I like it.. No wasting money on old vets so far.
Can’t believe the Red Sox didn’t offer Buchholz for Teagarden. Damn those Orioles for overpaying for this future all-star catcher! Damn!
Hyperbole much?
Just looked up facetious and saw your picture! Good job! ( sarcasm, cough,sarcasm)
What’s your problem dude?
i seriously hope the PTBNL isnt one of our (rangers) players that baltimore got from us in the first place (rapada hunter davis strop phillips etc.)
I’d love to get Tommy “Big Game” Hunter back here in Texas. He was great while he was here