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            <b>...</b>  Categories: Boston Red Sox Brandon Morrow Clay Buchholz Daniel Bard Houston <b>Astros</b> J.J. Hardy Josh Beckett Matt Holliday Michael Bowden Miguel Tejada Milwaukee <b>...</b><br />
          
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            <b>...</b> Tejada, 35, told MLB.com late in the season he'd be willing to return to the <b>Astros</b> and play third base, and that seems to fit with Houston's plans. &quot;At this po <b>...</b><br />
          
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            <b>...</b> eliever, he&#8217;s not God&#8217;s Gift To The Bullpen like his ERA since he joined the <b>Astros</b> would suggest. His career FIP is 4.36 and he was only a little below that in <b>...</b><br />
          
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