{"playerId":2568,"percentChange":-0.1,"averageDraftPosition":260,"percentOwned":0.1,"playerRaterSEASON":-2.8,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Tejada (quadriceps) is now able to run in a pool and field grounders without moving laterally, ESPN New York's Adam Rubin reports.","spin":"Tejada is still without a timetable, but at least it sounds like he is making progress. He was struggling prior to the injury and Omar Quintanilla has been an offensive upgrade thus far. There's no guarantee that Tejada will still have a starting job once he's ready to play.","date":"Fri Jun 14"},"fullName":"Ruben Tejada","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Tejada's contributions in the \"counting\" categories -- he has per-162-game paces of one home run and six stolen bases in the bigs -- threaten to relegate him to a career beneath the mixed-league cutoff, but as an NL-only asset, he's quite intriguing if the price is right. As a player with a 7.8 percent career minor league walk rate (and 7.4 percent in the majors), Tejada has a low downside in terms of batting average, and his on-base percentage is healthy enough to result in a handful of runs, considering he's typically a top-two hitter for the Mets. He's also 23 years old and averaged 18 steals per 162 minor league contests, so more speed is possible. Price him as a \"can't-hurt-you\" NL-only middle infielder, with a hint of growth potential.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Wed Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":-4,"positionRank":42}