Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun reports that Miguel Tejada has been traded to the Houston Astros for OF Luke Scott, P’s Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate, and 3B Michael Costanzo.

Tejada ended the past season with a .296 average, 18 home runs and 81 RBIs. According to reports, Tejada had told Andy McPhail during a meeting at the end of last season “that he wanted to be part of a winning team and wasn’t interested in a rebuilding one.”

MetsGal contributed to this report.

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