[Phillies Tailgate] The Phillies hired former New York Mets Infielder Ruben Tejada as Position Coach for the Florida Complex League Phillies (FCL). Tejada previously played for AAA Lehigh Valley in 2021.

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1. Rubén Tejada was a former utility player for the Mets in the 2010s followed by a journeyman type career after 2015. Was in Phillies system in 2021 in AAA so he got slight connections to the organization.

2. Hopefully he learned his lesson about keeping his back to the runner while trying to turn a double play.

3. Oh wow that’s awesome. Sorry our future HoF 2nd basement derailed your career with his sick slide. Want a job??

4. I like when we hire guys who were previously involved in our system. It’s a small step toward building an actual self sustain farm system that we’ve lacked for 20 years now.

5. takes a lot of character to have a role with the organization who is most associated with Utley.

6. Ruben “Don’t call me Miguel” Tejada

7. Wait…*that* Ruben Tejada??

8. Oh I cant wait for the Mets fans reactions.

9. I love Chase. He deserves hate for what he did to the guy it was fucked up

10. Post this to r/Baseball the reactions from Mets fans would be funny

11. THE Ruben “Way Out of Position” Tejada?

12. Hope he isn’t in charge of teaching guys how to avoid slides at second

13. Sleeper agent behind enemy lines

14. FTM – Full Time eMployment?