Tejada to Astros

As an Astro fan, I think it helps us. I don't think it pushes us over the top. But the lineup is filled now with what I would call second tier All Stars. The Rotation remains weak. But Oswalt can carry it if we squeak into the playoffs. Patton was our third best pitching prospect, but third in what was considered a weak group.

Roughly what the 25 man looks like right now:
CF Bourne
2B Matsui
SS Tejada
1B Berkman
LF Lee
RF Pence
3B Wigginton
C Towles

Bench:
C Ausmus
IF: Loretta
IF: Blum
OF: Ramirez
OF: Abercrombie

Rotation:
1 Oswalt
2 Backe
3 Wandy
4 Williams
5 Sampson

Bullpen
1 Borkowski
2 R. Houston
3 Paulino
LH W. Wright
7th Villarreal
S Brocail
Cl Qualls

 

As an Orioles fan, I'm glad to see us finally start making drastic changes for hopefully a brighter future. It was obvious to all Oriole fans that Tejada would be traded this off-season. I think that Tejada could statistically have a better year then any of his past three in the Astro park. Playing there will increase his HRs and RBIs. I wish luck to Tejada and his last run at Championship, but I hope we come out with the better end of the deal, which I don't really think we will looking at the prospects we got in return.

 

Anyone thinks it's just a coincidence that Tejada got traded the day before he was named in the Mitchell Report?

 

It is interesting and I wonder how the Astros feel now that they know his stats were pumped up with roids.

 

The owners saw the report the day before it was released, and so the Astros already knew he was on the list before the trade. But I think it was well known regardless, that Tejada was pumped up. No gm would make a trade the day before the report unless they knew. They had to know. The deflated Tejada was decent too.