Official-Tejada to Houston

[ccbird]

People have way overrated Tejads current value here. I imagine when all of the national "experts" evaluate the trade it will be considered a solid deal for us.

[Gurgi]

The cancer giving baby killer is gone, gone, gone.

Anyone want to say how great his defence is today?

[TinCup]

Great, thanks Mike, now we have to bounce back and forth between two Tejada threads!!!

[mikezpen]

Any numbers on Costanzo? I can't find him anywhere.

[itsernst]

ive never heard anything about these guys...it looks like the overall feeling of the board is dissapointment. Im not an expert, but that doesnt sound promising.

I just checked out Surfate...he seems like he may pan out.

The others just seem average/ to below average...

[Three Run Homer]

Troy Patton: 21 year old who can't strike people out at AA or AAA, and may have a bad shoulder.

Matt Albers: 24 year old who got hammered in MLB last year with terrible peripherals, and who didn't dominate at AAA before that.

Mike Costanzo: Scott Moore part II. Probably the best piece in the trade, but remember, we got Scott Moore (and Rocky Cherry) for Steve Tracshel!

Luke Scott: a capable big league left fielder, but already 29; has no value to the O's unless we really, really want to finish 4th instead of 5th for the next couple of seasons.

Dennis Sarfate: minor league closer who walks way too many guys...but hey, he did have 7 good innings with Houston last September.

There's no star potential here, none. Nobody who can be called a grade A or even a B+ prospect.

This trade is pointless unless there's a deal in place to flip Scott for a real prospect.

[Dr. FLK]

Any numbers on Costanzo? I can't find him anywhere.

Here you go.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Mike%20Costanzo&pos=3B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=453068

[Maverick2143]

Any numbers on Costanzo? I can't find him anywhere.

You tell that Son of a *&^%$ that no Yankee will ever come to Houston.

Couldn't resist:D If you change to O to A

[itsernst]

i dont even know if costanza looks that promising, in his last ten games...no homeruns and seems very inconsistent.

[shroombal]

What was the point of Luke Scott? I thought the idea wasn't to get older guys in return? IMO he did have a decent season, but he's definately not the guy we want for 2009-10.

[mikezpen]

Not exactly sexy stats, Fruitloop. Couldn'tyou have done better than that? :SuN025:

[PoorMike]

Maybe we flip Scott to someone in a BR or EB deal?

[helloharv]

Troy Patton: 21 year old who can't strike people out at AA or AAA, and may have a bad shoulder.

Matt Albers: 24 year old who got hammered in MLB last year with terrible peripherals, and who didn't dominate at AAA before that.

Mike Costanzo: Scott Moore part II. Probably the best piece in the trade, but remember, we got Scott Moore (and Rocky Cherry) for Steve Tracshel!

Luke Scott: a capable big league left fielder, but already 29; has no value to the O's unless we really, really want to finish 4th instead of 5th for the next couple of seasons.

Dennis Sarfate: minor league closer who walks way too many guys...but hey, he did have 7 good innings with Houston last September.

There's no star potential here, none. Nobody who can be called a grade A or even a B+ prospect.

This trade is pointless unless there's a deal in place to flip Scott for a real prospect.

O U C H

I sure hope Andy does better in his other trades

[Jericho]

All the guys have at least some upside, but they all have black marks as well. I would have loved one quality player over a smathering of potentials, but that's just me. Then again, Brian Roberts and Melvin Mora never looked like anything special in the minors, and they developed pretty well in the end.

I think Patton is the real prize, a 21 year old pitching in the majors is usually a very good thing. The lack of Ks is not a positive sign, but he's pitching well above his age level, so the hope is that there's some development.

[mikezpen]

Maybe he does better if his shoulder is alright.