Astros Land Tejada
Written by Baqqs on 2:09 PMHOUSTON -- The Astros have acquired shortstop Miguel Tejada from the Orioles for five players.
The Astros traded outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate and third baseman Mike Costanzo to Baltimore for Tejada, who has two years remaining on his six-year deal, which he signed with Baltimore in December 2003.
Tejada, 31, hit .296 with 18 homers and 81 RBIs over 133 games for the Orioles in 2007. Over an 11-year career, Tejada has a .287 average 258 homers and 1,033 RBIs.
Scott, 29, batted .255 and set career-highs in games (132), runs (49), hits (94), doubles (28), home runs (18) and RBIs (64) in his third season with the Astros in 2007. He ranks sixth among National League outfielders in slugging percentage (.547).
Patton, 22, went 0-2 with a 3.55 ERA in three games with Houston in 2007. He was a combined 10-8 with a 3.51 ERA (151.1IP, 59ER) with 94 strikeouts in 24 starts between Double-A Corpus Christi and Triple-A Round Rock last season.
Albers, 24, appeared in 31 games for Houston in 2007, going 4-11 with a 5.86 ERA In 2006, he earned Texas League Pitcher of the Year honors with Corpus Christi after leading the Texas League in wins (10) and ERA (2.17).
Sarfate, 26, went 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA and 14 strikeouts in seven appearances for the Astros in 2007 after being acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers organization on Sept. 11. He went 2-7 with a 4.52 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 61.2 innings pitched in 45 games for Triple-A Nashville prior to being traded.
Costanzo, 24, was acquired by the Astros as part of the trade that sent reliever Brad Lidge to the Philadelphia Phillies on Nov. 11. Last month, he was rated the sixth-best prospect in the Houston organization by Baseball America. Costanzo hit .270 with 27 home runs and 86 RBIs for Double-A Reading in 2007, finishing second in the Eastern League in home runs.
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