As you probably have heard the Orioles just sign free agent shortstop Cesar Izturis to a two year deal worth 6 million.
Izturis is a very good defensive shortstop that won a gold glove back in 04. He is not bad with the bat either with a career average of .260 and has some speed averaging 15 stolen bases a season. He has almost no power though with only 12 homers in 903 major league games.
With the acquisition of Izturis the O's can now have a major league caliber short stop to put an end to the black hole that has become the shortstop position post Miguel Tejada. This gives the O's more flexibility when it comes to trading Brian Roberts because now with the addition of utility man Ryan Freel and SS Cesar Izturis they now have suitable replacements for Miguel Tejada and Roberts if he does get traded or gets injured(knock on wood). Overall this is a good move for the O's to pick up a relatively young SS(he's 28) that could be with the team for many years to come.
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