Of all of the things that have gone perfectly for the Padres in 2010, add this to the list: veteran Miguel Tejada, added just before the trade deadline from Baltimore, has provided much more than the Friars could have hoped for.
First and foremost, for an aging infielder who wasn’t considered nimble enough any longer to play shortstop for the last-place Orioles, Tejada has fit-in brilliantly at short in San Diego. He has also hit nearly .300, popped a couple of homers and added eight doubles.
No longer near the level of his 2002 AL Most Valuable Player season in Oakland, Tejada has nonetheless settled in nicely with the Padres. As hell tells 619Sports.net, he’s as happy to be with the Padres as they are happy to have him:
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