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Robinson who?  Tejeda.  Robinson Tejeda.  The quick facts: a 6-foot-3 righty that up until September was a middling reliever for the Royals.  As a reliever this year Tejeda had thrown 42.0 innings with a 4.07 ERA with 55 strikeouts and 40 walks.  Not exactly the stuff that makes fantasy stars.

Since moving into the rotation Sept. 4 however, Tejeda has been incredible.  He’s made four starts going 3-0 for the Royals, and is making a huge case for a permanent rotation spot in 2010.  His line this month: 22.1 innings pitched, 0.81 ERA, 24 strikeouts, 10 walks, 0 home runs allowed.  His frame suggests that he can handle a starter’s workload (his listed weight is 248) and he will only be 28 in 2010.

Of course, Tejeda doesn’t have a great track record up to this point.  He was spotty in parts of four previous seasons spent with the Phillies, Rangers, and Royals bouncing between the minors and the bigs.  His biggest weakness is walking batters (5.11 BB/9 career), reminiscent of another hard-throwing righty Daniel Cabrera.  Even that has improved a bit in a starting role, and he is striking out a ton of batters to make up for it.  His 11.05 K/9 is third best in the AL among pitchers with at least 50 innings.  Tejeda will probably never be a front-line starter because of the control issues, but he is definitely a name to remember, and could be a very good fantasy sleeper.