Chat up to the MLB Trade Deadline

...traded by the end of the weekend? What does the trade of Bobby Abreu mean? Is Miguel Tejada really on the block? If any trade goes down, we'll let you know about it...

Chat | July 27, 2006

MC: Rambling man

THOUGHTS WHILE WONDERING WHY DICK POUND DOESN'T HAVE HIS OWN TALK SHOW ... I haven't plowed through them yet, but I'm setting the over/under of e-ma...

Help Pick MLB's Ultimate Lineup

...Albert Pujols, 1B 4. Manny Ramirez, LF 5. David Ortiz, DH 6. Vlad Guerrero, RF 7. Miguel Tejada, SS 8. Jason Varitek, C 9. Alfonso Soriano, 2B The following is the discussion that led...

Rundown of winter meetings happenings

Here's a team-by-team rundown of what the 30 clubs just accomplished, and where they stand moving forward.

The Mitchell report one year later: picking up the pieces

The Mitchell report once threatened to explode baseball into a million fragments. One calendar year later, the game has managed to reduce the decade's most vexing issue into an unpleasant afterthought.

Tejada unaware of trade rumors

If the Astros have Miguel Tejada on the trading block, the Dominican shortstop didn't know it. "I didn't know anything...

Astros GM: Valverde not on the block

...become a free agent after the upcoming season. According to insiders, Houston was considering trading Valverde, Miguel Tejada or Ty Wigginton to cut its payroll

Astros looking to trim payroll

...to get the best value for him until next summer. They're also considering dealing shortstop Miguel Tejada and/or third baseman Ty Wigginton to save money. • The Braves are anxious to get...

Ready to roll the dice in Las Vegas

It's time to roll the dice, go for broke. The baseball world is preparing for what could be a wild week at the winter meetings in Las Vegas.

Deep 6

All-star voters may not have noticed (c'mon, people, Nomar's hurt), but young shortstops are busting out all over. They're baseball's future-and a reflection of its past

Poor economy has led to slow overall movement

...do so. On the trade market, the Astros would love to move Carlos Lee and/or Miguel Tejada. Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, Jose Guillen, Jeremy Hermida, maybe Prince Fielder, Atkins, Aubrey Huff, maybe Ryan...

Tejada not to blame for all of Astros' problems

...in fact, the team will be weakened, Astros fans will want to know why. Two words: Miguel Tejada. In retrospect, it was a complete disaster. First was the bad press. One day after the...

Time to check the shopping lists

Free agency begins Friday, so it's a good time to take a team-by-team look at who will be shopping for what this offseason, writes Jayson Stark.

No Payments 'Til 2007!

The Magazine's Buster Olney checks out baseball's risky marketplace and finds very few bargains and only one guarantee: Buyers, beware

Oakland Athletics' Miguel Tejada reacts to his second strike out in the fourth inning against the Boston Red Sox in...