O's got Patton and Constanzo, two young players who have a pretty good upside, along with Scott, Albers and Sarfate. Tejada missed 29 games last season, but still only hit 18 HR and 81 RBIs. I gotta believe his best years are behind him at this point.
I just hope the O's hold on to Bedard and Roberts, both who have been in trade rumors this offseason.
The 5 for 1 trade favors Baltimore. Now if it had been a 5 for 2 trade, say Tejada plus his supply of B-12 syringes, then the trade favors Houston.
The first thing that popped in my head is "Great! Another veteran (he's played 9 years of pro ball, I believe) that is going to be considered for the rookie of the year award next season".
But that's a topic for another thread.
I don't know enough about Futurama to have an opinion of him yet. And I probably won't get one until I see him take some swings in spring training. But since he is coming from Japan, which means that typically he should be very fundamentally sound, I'm gonna say he does pretty well. Especially at Wrigley. Then again, Wrigley could be a huge culture shock for him. Only time will tell.
The first thing that popped in my head is "Great! Another veteran (he's played 9 years of pro ball, I believe) that is going to be considered for the rookie of the year award next season".
But that's a topic for another thread.
I don't know enough about Futurama to have an opinion of him yet. And I probably won't get one until I see him take some swings in spring training. But since he is coming from Japan, which means that typically he should be very fundamentally sound, I'm gonna say he does pretty well. Especially at Wrigley. Then again, Wrigley could be a huge culture shock for him. Only time will tell.
Amen on the 9 year veteran up for rookie of the year thing.
I don't know too much about him, but based on what I have read and seen, I would think he'd be a solid major league player. It'll also probably be good for the Cubs in terms of bringing in additional advertising $ from Japan.
The Astros have apparently traded nothing for Miguel Tejada. Also, the Pirates have decided trading their last good outfielder to the Padres wasn't enough and now might trade Jason Bay to them. Ironically, they recieved Jason Bay for trading Brian Giles.
O's got Patton and Constanzo, two young players who have a pretty good upside, along with Scott, Albers and Sarfate. Tejada missed 29 games last season, but still only hit 18 HR and 81 RBIs. I gotta believe his best years are behind him at this point.
I just hope the O's hold on to Bedard and Roberts, both who have been in trade rumors this offseason.
O's got Patton and Constanzo, two young players who have a pretty good upside, along with Scott, Albers and Sarfate. Tejada missed 29 games last season, but still only hit 18 HR and 81 RBIs. I gotta believe his best years are behind him at this point.
I just hope the O's hold on to Bedard and Roberts, both who have been in trade rumors this offseason.
The 5 for 1 trade favors Baltimore. Now if it had been a 5 for 2 trade, say Tejada plus his supply of B-12 syringes, then the trade favors Houston.
There's no way my 3rd grade humor will stray away from calling the guy Fuk-U-Do-Me more than once next year. But really, never watching the guy play, I can only go by highlights and what I read so far. We'll see how Spring goes.