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Tejada's first season with the Orioles was 2004, the year he turned 30.
In the 2004 season, Chavez was 26.
Tejada signed for 6 years at $72 million.
Chavez signed for 6 years at $66 million.
The A's had a top shortstop prospect in Bobby Crosby. Sure, he turned out to suck, but AT THE TIME, he was a top prospect and was 2004 AL Rookie of the Year in 2004.
I know everyone loves to point at this and say, "Beane made the wrong move!" It's easy to do that six years later when we see what happened to both of these guys.
But at the time it was clearly the right move. I would have made the same move faced with the same situation in an OOTP game, and I'm sure most other people would have.
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