Will Miguel Tejada be faced with a federal indictment in 2008?

would mean a $120-million payroll. So with Roy Oswalt and Lance Berkman untouchable and with Carlos Lee and Miguel Tejada untradeable, Wade is shopping Jose Valverde and Ty Wigginton. McLane hasn't said this. Nor has Wade. But every other GM in baseball

three of them -- Lance Berkman, Roy Oswalt and Carlos Lee -- have a no-trade clause. The other, Miguel Tejada, is pretty much stuck in Houston another year because of his mega salary of more than $13 million for 2009. If the Astros brought every player

make, in my judgment, is to try to placate them at the expense of your long-term goals. Shortstop Miguel Tejada, Baltimores most notable free-agent signing in the last several years, was traded to the Houston Astros last December for five players. In

make, in my judgment, is to try to placate them at the expense of your long-term goals. Shortstop Miguel Tejada, Baltimores most notable free-agent signing in the last several years, was traded to the Houston Astros last December for five players. In

read my story after the general managers' meetings indicating that the Astros might trade him, Jose Valverde or Miguel Tejada. 'Obviously I've been traded twice,' he said. 'I know I've heard my name in plenty of rumors, and it means nothing.' Well, it's