Padres Make Puzzling Move, Acquire Miguel Tejada From Orioles

There are moves I understand, like the Jorge Cantu trade we discussed earlier. But then are trades I really don’t understand, like the one that happened between the San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles.

The Padres acquired 3B Miguel Tejada from the Baltimore Orioles for minor league pitcher Wynn Pelzer (what an awesome name). The Orioles and Padres will split the remaining $2.2 million remaining on Tejada’s one-year deal.

I obviously get why the Orioles made the trade, but the Padres? Not so much.

I have Tejada on my fantasy team this year, so I know how useless he has been offensively. Tejada was hitting .269/.308/.362 with seven HRs and 16 doubles in 401 ABs f...

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