August 1st, 2006 by Phil Frangos
Gun shy
After hearing for days about possible destinations for Miguel Tejada and Alfonso Soriano, both players found themselves back in their familiar colours hours after the deadline ended.You have to question what Orioles owner Peter Angelos was thinking when he turned down three good young players from the Orange County Angels, that would have helped improve that pathetic Baltimore team. The deal would have included starter Ervin Santana, shortstop Erick Aybar and possibly first basemen Casey Kotchman. Miguel Tejada will be demanding at least 12 million dollars this off-season and I think getting rid of him would have been the better choice.
The Nationals are trying to play the Alfonso is so excited to be staying in Washington card. I’m just not buying it. He will bolt the minute he’s able to when the last out is made in the final game in September. You can mark my word on that one. Sure the Nationals need to have someone on the roster for fans to get excited about, and have a reason to come to the ballpark the next few months, but i think they too made a big mistake in not unloading their big prize player and I can’t wait to see what will happen with this situation.
Other teams like the Red Sox and Angels also sat and watched what their rivals were doing which surprised me a bit. I thought Boston would mirror the Yankees moves as they always have done in past seasons, especially after Trot Nixon went down the other day.
I guess with the Astros and A’s holding on to aces Roy Oswalt & Barry Zito, we’re sure to have a wild finish down the stretch in both leagues as the races for the wildcards are tightly bunching up.
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