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Miguel Tejeda ... Yesterday 31 ... Today 33

JackWESQJackWESQ Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭
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I don't think it's that big of a deal ... now, but turns out that Miggy is two (2) years older than what everyone thought.

Tejeda Admits To Being Two Years Older

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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    I read it this morning (link) and wasn't worth posting.

    The best part of the above article was Wade's comment of, “We're still trying to figure out Jose Cruz Sr's age.”

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    As I've said about Pujols, it's been going on for years and will never change. Just one of the risks you take when drafting foreign players.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496
    I honestly felt for the guy after seeing the interview. It felt like I was watching one of those "to catch a predator" shows or something.

    Maybe I'm missing something in all of this, but I see nothing wrong with it. It's not like the MLB has an age limit and he pulled a Danny Almonte (Little League WS) on everyone. He's a grown man and plays against grown men (except for a few that act differently image).
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭
    Miguel Tejeda ... Yesterday 31 ... Today 33


    yeah that's about right, who knows what else he's lied about.
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  • HoopsterHoopster Posts: 1,169
    Goot, it does make a difference...why do you think they lie about it to begin with?

    The implications of a 19 yr old prospect saying he is 17 is that scouts will look at him as if he has more room to grow in ability. That is why they lie to begin with. He will get higher draft status, or signing money as a result of greater future growth/promise.

    The implications in a guy like Tejada's case is that if a team signs a 31 YR old player to a four year deal, and it turns out he is really 33, then they may be paying more for him when he starts his regression, thinking that he would only be 35 at the end, instead of 37. Two years can mean a lot in the varying stages of a career, either at the end, or thinking a guy is about to hit his prime(which is false because his lied about age has already put him in his prime).



  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496


    << <i>Goot, it does make a difference...why do you think they lie about it to begin with?

    The implications of a 19 yr old prospect saying he is 17 is that scouts will look at him as if he has more room to grow in ability. That is why they lie to begin with. He will get higher draft status, or signing money as a result of greater future growth/promise.

    The implications in a guy like Tejada's case is that if a team signs a 31 YR old player to a four year deal, and it turns out he is really 33, then they may be paying more for him when he starts his regression, thinking that he would only be 35 at the end, instead of 37. Two years can mean a lot in the varying stages of a career, either at the end, or thinking a guy is about to hit his prime(which is false because his lied about age has already put him in his prime). >>



    Ahh, I get your point. Well done! image
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