Royals reportedly trade Teahen to the ChiSox
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2009 9:27 AM CST
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PrintThe Royals have reportedly traded Mark Teahen to the Chicago White Sox for third baseman Josh Fields and second baseman Chris Getz.
This makes no sense for Chicago, as best as I can tell. Teahen is supposedly going to replace Jermaine Dye as their right fielder. Teahen is average to a little below average defensively in right field. Since his breakout 2006 season, he has posted EQAs of .259, .240, and .248, which is not good for a COF. Fangraphs has Teahen has having a .1 WAR in 2009 and a .3 WAR in 2008.
Oh, and Teahen made $3,575,000 in 2009, and is probably looking at $4.5-5 million in arbitration for 2010.
So, yeah, I don't know what is going on here. Getz and Fields aren't anything great, but they are pre-arbitration, and Fields is an interesting reclamation project, a well-regarded prospect who has floundered in the majors. Teahen is a big bag of nothing, and I'd have thunk he'd be a non-tender this offseason.
Baffling.
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Josey
would take Kenny Williams in a heartbeat over JD.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Nov 5, 2009 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
And so begins the offseason...
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Teahan
the jewel of the Carlos Beltran trade.
Favorite bumper sticker of all time, seen on a VW bus:
"Gas, Grass, or Ass. Nobody rides for free"
Every year Teahan seems to crush the ball in ST
which teases people, then he goes on to suck like he always does.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Stupid trade
Well at least it wasn’t us doing it.
What do voluntary mean?
amen to that
hopefully we can pull off a trade that is in our favor.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I think the last one we pulled that wasn't
was the Danks trade. After that point I think they were at worst neutral, but more frequently to our decided advantage.
What do voluntary mean?
Yep. Let's roll with Jayson Nix at 2nd. Sounds good.
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
Maybe it is his Nick Swisher plan
trade a few interesting prospects for a decent, but not great, outfielder hitting his arb years, then dump him for nothing after one off season for no real reason, only to see him do well.
Keep it up Kenny. It takes work to make KC look like the winners of a deal.
Go Rice Owls!
But ... but ...
Ozzie said last night that he’d be the winning WS manager next year. The ChiSox must be up to something really special. No ?
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Nov 5, 2009 10:21 AM CST up reply actions
I swear that is one seriously crazy dude.
What do voluntary mean?
Except Nick Swisher was much better than Teahen
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2009 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
even more baffling,
how does Dayton Moore let go of Teahen? It’s totally against his M.O. This is the kind of player you’d think he’d like to sign to a 4yr/40mil extension. Maybe this just frees up more ABs for Bloomquist.
"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels
by Randy Richardson on Nov 5, 2009 10:23 AM CST reply actions
So
with the Royals getting Josh Fields what happens with Alex Gordon?
by GregoryM on Nov 5, 2009 10:27 AM CST reply actions
well
0 + 0 still equals 0, i believe
"He's got one of those arms that could throw a marshmallow through a battleship."
- Anonymous Baseball Scout on Neftali Feliz
by theflip44 on Nov 5, 2009 10:39 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Calm your horses...
10:17am: ESPN’s Buster Olney says talks are “not that far along.” Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun Times mentions that Getz hasn’t heard anything about a trade.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
And
@mlbtraderumors White Sox Re-Sign Mark Kotsay http://bit.ly/wpouG
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Depends on the deal.
one year yes….. more than that no
What do voluntary mean?
Not really
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
by LSJ on Nov 5, 2009 6:52 PM CST up reply actions
sorta
I like Getz/Fields better than Teahan, obviously. But at the same time, I really wouldn’t want either Getz or Fields on the Rangers ML roster.
Basically boils down to a moderately expensive sucky player for two cheap sucky players. All three are waiver wire quality IMO.
Favorite bumper sticker of all time, seen on a VW bus:
"Gas, Grass, or Ass. Nobody rides for free"
Well
It’s a relative success for Moore. But both players are blocked in KC. They have Gordo at 3rd and Callaspo at 2nd. But Gordo can’t hit and Callaspo can’t field, so maybe this is his idea of adding depth.
That's why they call them business sox
Heh... except
Getz can’t hit and Fields can’t field. So I guess that is Moore’s idea of filling in holes, no?
"we’re a bunch of knee-jerking yahoos who like new and shiny things." -- FirebatM3 July 10, 2009
I wouldn't be surprised if Callaspo gets moved to the outfield
Getz to second and Fields is your DH project
by oc on Nov 6, 2009 9:30 AM CST up reply actions
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