It would be an understatement to say that Miguel Tejada hasn't done too well for the Giants this season but lately he seems to be playing better. So is this the real deal or just a dead cat bounce?
Since May 30th Tejada has played 10 games and put up a respectable .280/ .333/ .380 line. The power production isn't what you would want from a third baseman but it sure beats the .212/ .237/ .274 line that he was putting up before.
So are these signs of life? Did Tejada just need the weather to warm up a bit to get things going? Was it the looming return of Pablo Sandoval that got his competitive juices flowing again? I don't know for sure but I have a feeling that these might be the last gasps of a very nice career.
It has been nice to see production coming out of Tejada, especially with Bruce Bochy inexplicably putting him in the second slot of the order on a regular basis lately. Having said that his batted ball data isn't encouraging.
During his "hot" ...
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