Padres Acquire Miguel Tejada | 
During the third inning of today’s Padre game, play-by-play announcer Andy Mazur reported San Diego acquired Miguel Tejada in a trade with Baltimore. ESPN, among others, is also reporting this trade.
San Diego acquires Tejada and $1 million cash for Winn Pelzer, a minor league pitcher who was with AA San Antonio.
Tejada, 36, was the 2002 AL MVP while with Oakland and is a 6-time All Star, most recently last season with Houston. He played shortstop his entire career at the Major League level until this season. He has primarily manned third base for the Orioles.
Defensively his skills have eroded. His last good year with the glove was 2008 with Houston, according to Dewan plus/minus (+7, five runs saved). In 2009 his plus/minus stood at -21, with equated to 16 runs allowed. He’s improved at third from those numbers, but still posted a -4 equating to 3 runs allowed based solely on his defense.
Offensively he posted a .269/.308/.362 line for an OPS+ of 81. That is an improvement over what Everth Cabrera’s brought at short, but not better than Chase Headley (99), David Eckstein (94), or Jerry Hairston Jr (88). In his last year with Houston, he put up a .313/.330/.455 line (OPS+ 109). That might be due to playing on a better team, or perhaps due to playing in a hitter-friendly ballpark. The Padres are banking on the former reason I’m sure.
If nothing else this move brings in a player who can give Headley the occasional day off, which is a positive. If his hitting returns to its 2009 form that’s a big improvement for this team.
Welcome to the pennant race, Miguel Tejada. We look forward to seeing you in action.
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