So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen good bye

And Good Riddance:

Two years after he first suggested that he'd benefit from a change of scenery, Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada finally got his wish as he was traded to the Houston Astros today in president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail's boldest move to date.

In return for the four-time All-Star, the Orioles will get outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate, and third baseman Michael Costanzo.

And the best news of all:

The Astros will assume the $26 million left on Tejada's contract.

This is fantastic. Of course, I said trade him two years ago when he started fussing about wanting out. His value was certainly higher then.

Kujan is happy, and notes that if Bedard and Mora also get traded that it means that we'll get a great haul of prospects to build for the future. If MacPhail can trade Melvin Mora for anything useful, we should have a parade given the amount of money Mora still has on his contract as his usefulness continues to decline...