Its about time. Miguel Tejada has been rumored to be gone all off season and now he finally is: sent to the Astros for a package of 5 players (Luke Scott, Matt Albers, Troy Patton, Dennis Sarfate, and Mike Costanzo). I’ve only ever heard of Scott and he’s a 29 year old outfielder, which doesnt excite me.
That’s a fine haul for Baltimore. The Astros pretty much cleaned out their farm system for two years of an average-hitting third baseman. The average NL 3B had an .804 OPS in ‘07; Tejada was at .799 in the AL. I know some readers think I’m an Astro-hater but that’s not the case. I just think they gave up way too much here. Patton was ranked their third best prospect by Baseball America, Costanzo sixth. Scott is a cheap quality regular, and Albers was third on the team’s 2007 top prospect list.
That’s comforting but I feel similar to Roch:
My first reaction is one of disappointment, but I also know it’s unfair. I like Scott and probably will like him more in the coming months. But this isn’t exactly a sexy trade. It’s nowhere near being a blockbuster.
Obviously I don’t know how serious discussions got with the Angels but Brandon Wood or Nick Adenhart would have seemed like a better haul then the above Astros. Oh well.
Camden Chat passes along this link to John Sickel’s review of the Astro’s farm system for 2008, looks like we got their #1 and #5 prospects. Thats good.
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