Baltimore Sun: Astros discuss Tejada trade for ROY OSWALT

yea i agree, terrible deal for the orioles. Oswalt would get racked playing against real baseball players in the AL... jk

 

who is THEY? and where are THEY saying IT?

 

STEVE PHILLIPS ESPN BASEBALL TONIGHT. I like this trade. We will end up with Linebrink and Blalock.

 

THANKS!

 

Oswalt Pulled from Trade Talks THank GOD

Tim does have a brain...

 

sorry forgot the link

Oswalt Pulled from Trade Talks

 

Thank God.

 

So, who then becomes the closer? Wheeler? Linebrink? Nieve?

 

QUALLS!!!

 

This trade makes no sense? Who the hell is going to pitch? Oswalt won 20 games the past 2 years.

F that.

 

I would think Leinbrink would be the closer.

The problem is that either Burke, Lamb or Huff would have to sit.

 

2nd worst post of the year...the worst post was earlier today when some guy said that todays loss was not Lidges fault...C'mon Qualls is a launching pad...

 

Update from Jayson StarK

By late Sunday night, the Orioles had next to nothing in the works for Tejada. But if they don't trade him, it won't be because they didn't have some fascinating names thrown at them. Teams that have spoken with them say they actually discussed Roy Oswalt, Lance Berkman and Brad Lidge with the Astros, for instance. Oswalt apparently would have been viewed as the centerpiece of that deal. But because he was a year away from free agency, the Orioles then tried shopping him around to see if he (and possibly Lidge) could be spun into an even younger, bigger package. Meanwhile, other teams are still stunned that the Orioles so quickly rejected the Angels' proposal of Ervin Santana and shortstop prospect Erick Aybar. "That's the kind of deal," said an official of one team, "where you wake up in the middle of winter and say to yourself, 'What the heck was I thinking?' " The Orioles also shot down a Dodgers proposal of Cesar Izturis and prospects. And they discussed a slew of names, big and small, with the Rangers. As the deadline loomed, only Texas was still actively trying to put some kind of deal together -- but was looking for a third club to get the pieces in place the Orioles wanted. So the chances of Tejada changing address may not have dwindled to zero. But at this point, they're certainly in single digits.

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insi...lumns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2522380

Well, looks like this Tejada adventure is coming to end.

 

Burke he has been on a down slide..Lamb is way to hot right now...Huff is doing OKAY...so I say Burke...Good pinch hitter to have...

 

Don't trade Ensberg for Linebrick...that would be a HUGE mistake...

I could see Ensberg and Everett for Linebrick and Green....but not just Linebrick.

NEVER Trade a good emerging player for middle relief.

Just ask Boston how they like the Larry Anderson for Jeff Bagwell deal.

DD

 

Bagwell was in his early 20s, Ensberg will be 31 next month. I don't really think that counts as emerging.

 

amen !!

 

Personally, I think if they can find something worth-while for Ensberg, i think they should do it.

IMO, he'll never have a season like he did last year. I thought they should have traded him in the offseason while his value was at his highest. But, that's just me.

 

LOL. An Oswalt-Tejada deal won't happen because the Orioles backed out? Riiiight.

 

no way astros trade roy o....think about next year no clemens...possibly no pettite...and no roy o, we will go from a solid rotation to an average ( if that ) rotation.........please tim think of the future too!!!!