Padres acquire Tejada from Orioles
July 29, 2010
SAN DIEGO (AP)—The NL West-leading San Diego Padres obtained infielder MiguelTejada(notes) and cash from the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday in exchange for Double-Aright-hander Wynn Pelzer.
Tejada was scratched from the Orioles’ lineup before their game Thursdaynight at Kansas City. The trade was announced a short time later.
Tejada is hitting .269 with seven homers and 39 RBIs. The former AL MVP canplay shortstop and third base. He has appeared in 93 games in the field thisseason, all at third base, after having played shortstop in each of his previous1,846 games.
Pelzer was San Diego’s ninth-round pick in the 2007 amateur draft. He was6-9 with a 4.20 ERA at San Antonio this season, and has gone 26-23 with a 3.83ERA in parts of three seasons.
The Padres went into Thursday’s schedule with a three-game lead over the SanFrancisco Giants.
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