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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Thursday, June 11, 2009
On the heels of manager Tony La Russa saying last week that the Cardinals need to find a big bat to hit behind Albert Pujols, Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the team is interested in Miguel Tejada.
Tejada would be an interesting pickup on a few different levels. First and foremost he’s leading the league with a .355 batting average and hitting .355/.378/.521 overall, so that would seemingly fit La Russa’s description of a big bat even if the 35-year-old is highly unlikely to keep up that type of production.
Guys like Matt Holliday have also been linked to St. Louis recently, but the Cardinals have received little production from the left side of the infield and finding a hitter like Tejada who can man shortstop or third base would allow them to keep their better-hitting outfielders in the lineup as well.
With that said, Tejada to the Cardinals isn’t quite a perfect fit. For one thing, Khalil Greene is making his way back from anxiety problems and should be ready to rejoin the team soon. Plus, Tejada’s defense at shortstop has declined to the point that he’s somewhere between “solidly below average for the position” and “terrible.”
plus, Molson cutting off free beer supply for retirees
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1. Frisco Cali Posted: June 11, 2009 at 10:43 PM (#3215009)And who can't find room for a .355 hitter? They don't grow on trees like they used to.
Current workers will see their allotment drop from 72 dozen bottles a year
Why didn't I know about this before I chose a career.
An infield of Tejada/Ryan/GreeneT/Pujols would be an amazing upgrade. I say this as a huge proponent of the skip-to-2B move, which isn't working out like I had hoped (but he's showing promise!)
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