Tejada coming back to Baltimore

[birdsfan85]

Didn't see it posted yet. Probably has been, I'm slow at this stuff. Should've held on to my barrel and sold it now.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4851897

 

[All In Cards]

someone has to bring the juice or vitamins

 

[HoustonTeams4Me]

This seriously sucks for the Astros! I know Tejada is getting up there in age but he's been rock solid for us...I can't wait to see what scrub we get to replace him! ::facepalm::

 

[birdsfan85]

I am happy with the move, better then trotting Ty Wigginton out there every day until Josh Bell is ready for the bigs.

 

[Zymco]

I seriously love the O's offense right now; at every single position. The key will be pitching for them, if their young guns can throw up some zero's, maybe they win some games.

 

[gt2590]

Here's MLB.com story:

On Saturday, the veteran shortstop reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract that reunites him with the Orioles, for whom he played four very solid seasons from 2004-07.

Now, though, Tejada would come in as a third baseman -- a position he's never played in the big leagues before -- with Garrett Atkins moving to first base and Cesar Izturis entrenched as the shortstop.

"We have made, just recently, significant progress," president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail said during Orioles FanFest. "We don't have something finalized yet, but we're confident we'll have something within a few days."

Tejada just needs to pass a physical to finalize the deal. According to SI.com, he'll make $6 million in the deal, which also includes performance bonuses.

 

[Reyes7tulo2]

Who's playing SS for the O's this year? Don't tell me Cesar Izturis again.

 

[r2d2]

Who's playing SS for the O's this year? Don't tell me Cesar Izturis again.

Seems like him

 

[mudflap02]

Even though he's not the second coming, Izturis is much better than any SS we have put on the field since Tejada left.

 

[Sean_C]

Wish the Red Sox would have signed him.

 

[All In Cards]

a friend of mine just posted this on facebook

would find it fairly humorous if the O's signed Bedard, now that they signed Tejada. I would say trading the two of them for 10 players, and then re-signing them is pretty smart.

 

[markakis8]

ha, was just about to post the same exact thing.

i heard rumors the O's were interested in Tejada to play third but i didn't think it would happen. I thought it was more likely to sign Bedard, hopefully they do. They would put the lid on a well-spent offseason.

a friend of mine just posted this on facebook

would find it fairly humorous if the O's signed Bedard, now that they signed Tejada. I would say trading the two of them for 10 players, and then re-signing them is pretty smart.