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Buzz: Tejeda Still Available

by Matthew Cerrone on April 8th, 2008 at 8:32 am

According to the Star-Telegram, Rangers RHP Robinson Tejeda, who was designated for assignment before the season started, is still available in a trade, “although there’s been little interest in him.”

Last week in Newsday, David Lennon wrote that the Mets have interest in Tejeda.

However, the same at ESPN.com, Jayson Stark wrote that the team had no interest in Tejada, nor David Wells or Jeff Weaver for that matter.

59 career starts for the Phillies and Rangers, the 25–year-old Tejeda is 14–17 with a 4.91 ERA.

He ended his rookie year with a 3.57 ERA in 26 starts for the Phillies, but has seen his ERA rise every season since.

…i think tejada would be a good pick up for the Mets, to add to Triple-A New Orleans…i don’t typically advocate acquiring these sorts of players, mostly because there are so many, and it would dominate my thought and blog…so i avoid it…tejeda, though, like Claudio Vargas, is just boiling over with raw talent…he has good command of his fastball, which can reach the high 90s…it’s his secondary pitches he struggles with…to me, he has hard-throwing reliever written all over him