I find it hard to believe that we have the 3rd highest payroll in baseball are are such a (currently) crummy team. Perhaps the thinking is that if we're going to play rich, then we go for Tejada because once Rocket is gone, we'll have more money to pay for him?

Rocket's salary is what puts us up into the Yankees/Red Sox tier. Plus, Lance is consting 14.5 million this year. But he's worth it!