Tejada Wants Out

Now, Miguel Tejada wants to be traded:

Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada said Thursday he's unhappy with the team's direction and wants to be traded.

"I've been with the Orioles for two years and things haven't gone in the direction that we were expecting, so I think the best thing will be a change of scenery," Tejada told The Associated Press during a telephone interview in his native Dominican Republic....

..."I've done many things with this team and I haven't seen results, and the other teams are getting stronger while the Orioles have not made any signings to strengthen the club," said Tejada, the 2002 AL MVP while with Oakland.

For all of the Orioles faults, I see myself standing up for management here. Sure, nothing was done to address the pitching situation last offseason (nor this offseason for that matter) but Sosa and Palmeiro were supposed to be offensive upgrades and they were (for a while). Let us not forget that this team was in first place around Memorial Day, so it was not a completely lost situation.

Tejada had to know what he was getting into when he signed the six-year contract. I am not sure what exactly is the genesis of his discontent, especially with the weird timing coinciding with the Ramon Hernandez contract.