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Post by Graymar on Dec 13, 2007 10:20:39 GMT -5
sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3151849Wednesday: Baltimore trade Tejada to Houston for 5 good prospects Thursday: The Mitchell Report comes out naming 60-80 players of steroid use (Tejada has been heavily linked as a possible name) What happens to the trade? Does Baltimore know more than they are letting on? Was it just a good trade for Baltimore/Houston? Kuhn stopped deals for Joe Rudi, Rollie Fingers and Vida Blue in '76 "in the best interest of baseball"...is this any different? Graymar
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Post by sickman on Dec 13, 2007 11:32:00 GMT -5
Roger Clemens has reportedly been named in the report as well.
As for your question, it shouldn't be overturned. Then you may as well change every single move involving any of these guys in the last 10 years or so.
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Post by mwjergs on Dec 13, 2007 11:59:23 GMT -5
No, it should not be overturned. I imagine your reason might be if Tejada is listed in the report. In that case the Astros knew of any risks before they traded.
If that was the case why wouldn't their be concern over the Marlins repeated fire sales. But to thier credit they did rebuild to claim championships.
The list and the ramifications from it should be interesting.
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Post by hofclemens on Dec 13, 2007 19:52:07 GMT -5
the report I thought on the most part was fair although I was concerned by the # of guys whos names were merely included based on hearsay.
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Post by mwjergs on Dec 13, 2007 21:32:48 GMT -5
Exactly. Which makes you wonder what the true purpose of the report was?
Why lump guys who they have hard evidence on (cancelled checks) with those who they have only hearsay evidence?
Doesn't make much sense.
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Post by Chewey on Dec 15, 2007 3:42:46 GMT -5
The Orioles didn't trade Miguel Tejada because they thought he would be listed in the report. The Orioles traded Tejada because he was an overpriced hack who phoned it in all season long after he said he didn't even want to play in Baltimore.
That, and it makes no sense to have one overpriced superstar on a team that cannot finish higher than fourth in its division, and where Baltimore fans show up to the stadium just to walk out in the middle of the game as a form of protest against Peter Angelos. They should be focusing on the young guys like Nick Markakis, Brian Roberts, and if he ever establishes command of the strike zone - Daniel Cabrera.
The Orioles are looking to trade Erik Bedard, and the reports I'm reading have the Cincinnati Reds pegged as top contenders. The Orioles will take nothing less than OF Prospect Jay Bruce (the organization's top ranked prospect) and young pitcher Homer Bailey (the org's top ranked prospect last year), so this could work out to be a pretty darned good trade for the Bawlmer Orioles.
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Post by rawhide on Dec 15, 2007 5:50:19 GMT -5
amen brother chewey.
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Post by mwjergs on Dec 15, 2007 21:53:46 GMT -5
Indeed, Chewey.
I'm glad they dumped Tejada and still got what appears to be good value.
I was worried that they waited one year too late to move him.
This season he was a glorified singles hitter with limited range at short.
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