Miguel Tejada

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Miguel Tejada is back with the Orioles after a two-year stay in Houston, but things will be different this time around.  Rather than play shortstop – th

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that doesn’t mean it was a bad idea to trade their highest-paid player last offseason.  Miguel Tejada’s offensive numbers in his first season with the Astros were sub-par and certainly not worthy of the money he is making.  In hitter-friendly Minute Maid Park, a .283/.314/.415 line from one of Houston’s heavy hitters is not going to cut it.  Believe it or not, Miggy’s numbers actually declined from 2007 (.296/.357/.442), when he battled injuries and underachievement in what turned out to be his last season in Baltimore.

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, Gallager didn't have any luck the next time.  Michael Bourn and Kaz Matsui each singled, and Miguel Tejada then lined a ball off starter Sean Gallagher's right shin that caromed into shallow right, driving in a run. One out later, Lee notched his 10th home run off an 0-2 pitch, putting the Astros ahead, 4-3.  Astros would later add another run in the fifth from a Geoff Blum RBI single and would never look back as the Cubs were not able to get anything going all night.

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real possibility outside of Harang and Arroyo, the Reds will be in trouble.

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Can Miguel Tejada return to form?

After posting 150 RBI in a monster 2004 season for the Orioles, Tejada has not had more than 100 RBI in a season and his home run total has dropped each year. Additionally, his range at the shortstop position has decreased dramatically, so much so that teams interested in trading for him in the past inquired about moving him to third base. Tejada, whose dropoff in production coincides with Major League Baseball’s stricter steroid testing policy, is also a central figure in the Mitchell Report and under federal investigation for perjury. A fresh start in Houston seems to be just what he needs.

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