Discussion: Mark Teahen

could be a good back up plan for most teams listed here, for as much hype as Teahen got, he is kind of a bust. I see the best fit for the Red Sox only if the price tag is not crazy for him, Lowell is gonna need some time for his hip so I would think they would be very interested here.

Indians just traded Mark DeRosa to St. Louis for Chris Perez and a PTBNL

Why does everyone have to come in here and say how the Red Sox could use x, y, and z.

I swear, they're getting worse than Yankee fans.

Barney is expendable due to the depth at Short. Hak-Ju Lee and Starlin Castro are better shortstop prospects.

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Teahen for Wellington Castillo and maybe a A shortstop could happen.

I think that the Giants should and would be very interested. He seems like the type of player they will likely add. He is still under team control, won't cost a lot in both salary and prospects. The possibility of him being able to play 2B is a huge plus. Thats one position that has been a tough one to fill for the Giants.

I doubt Teahen will demand too much more than Mark DeRosa on the open market. I think that Jonathan Sanchez and a solid bullpen arm along with a prospect would be a good return for Teahen. I know Sanchez's value has slipped, but if a young, solid bullpen arm like Merkin Valdez is included, then the deal would be very good for the Royals too.

"I'd love Teahen in Atlanta. Give the Royals Francoeur and 1 or 2 low level prospects (Maybe Matt Young and/or Cole Rohrbough?)"

HUGE difference between Young and Rohrborough. Rohrborough is a really good prospect. You do NOT trade him for Teahen.

How about Teahen back to the A's to play 3B?

Rohrbough seems to be a pretty legit prospect, but he's been garbage this year. That's not saying he won't turn it around... The Braves have tons of emerging pitching depth though. I wouldn't see losing Rohrbough for a guy like Teahen being too bad. I was mad when we gave up Jeff Locke for McLouth. That's not saying I don't like having McLouth leading off. I'd like him to hit a bit more than .250 though... If we can get some better bats behind him I'm sure he will, but that's a huge IF until guys like Heyward and Freeman are ready to come up.

Should've read .500 mark.

I understand what they could get, but let's not over state his value. He's a good player but a lifetime .270/.330 hitter isn't going to net all-star, high cieling talent. At some point the ROyals have to say "We are going to use some of the cheap, affordable talent we have and make attempts to compete". It's not like they are overflowing with tons of talent. Who is Teahan blocking? No one. He's cheap, young and versatile. If you did trade him, it would be for a mediocre prospect or a couple of low A ball talent which might take 3 or 4 years to develop. Not to overstate his value but trading Teahan, or rather the philosophy of trading away cheap talent under control, is a mistake especially when you have young pitching like Greinke, Bannister, Hochevar and Davies around that might help you become competitive. I could see trading Guillen for whatever you can get but at what point do stop collecting prospects and start going with mlb talent that's affordable?

"I would say that Yankees are the most interested..."

Yankee interest was when Arod went under the knife for hip labrum surgery and probably ended when he came back, so that interest has probably waned.

Boston has Lowrie (plays 2B,SS,3B)already appearing in rehab games at AAA and will be back very soon as well as Nick green who also can play every left side IF position to spell Lowell and allow him to take 1-2 games per week off from 3rd base to rest his repaired hip.

I think Teahen could hit well at Fenway, but would hate to see one of the other subs like Green, Lowrie, Kotsay, Baldelli have to lose a roster spot, plus have to give up a really good more than likely pitching prospect for him.

A team needing a 3B/OF is the one that will probably be in the hunt that has a friendly hitting stadium for his power potential and Wrigley field now fits that bill, only problem is the Royals trying to find some pitching from them that they would want.

the Giants should get Teahen and another outfield bat (Holliday,Dye,Dunn,Willingham?) like how the dodgers did it last year with Blake/Manny
these two bats would dramatically change our lineup and take pressure of Sandoval who is looking like an all-star

I think Kyle Nicholson or Ari Ronick(one of the two), Josh Mazzola, and Ryan Rohlinger could be enough to get Teahen

Teahen would be great in Pittsburgh!

Just throwing a Mets offer out there, maybe Eddie Kunz or Brant Rustich? If that isn't enough, maybe throw in Robert Carson.

Well Teahen would be good in Pittsburgh mainly because Pittsburgh has a terrible outfield.

Though he's still young so I suppose he could be a good long term guy for a club like that.

Teahen is a fan favorite here in KC. The problem is the club has expected too much out of him. They've tried to squeeze him in every position they can just so he can get at-bats. Teahen is not a starter on a championship team...but he's a super-sub for sure.

Despite the Royals' injury situation I'd take a bucket of balls and a fungo bat for him. He is, afterall, Mark Teahen.

I actually really like the idea of the Cubs adding Teahen.

He's a versatile, solid lefty hitter that would help to push Aaron Miles into oblivion.

His defense at third base is below average, but he's a plus defensive first baseman and corner outfielder, the cost should be reasonable, and he's posted an OBP between .343 and .357 in three of the past four years.

Not sure why the Cubs would be ruled out if KC is looking for young pitching. Two of the three arms they got for DeRosa are doing pretty well, not to mention the good young arms they have shuttling back and forth between AAA and Wrigley. Wells, Ascanio, Patton, Shark, Guzman... In fact Chicago would not trade some of those guys for just Teahen.

ST. Louis gave up Chris Perez for DeRosa. If we assume that Teahen is a poor man's DeRosa then I think Ascanio would get the deal done, though I'm hesitant to call Ascanio a poor man's Perez. Teahen has a few things over DeRosa, age and salary being chief among them, but if we're talking pure baseball skill then KC needs to ask for less than what Cleveland just got.

Okay, I forgot about the PTBNL in the Cle/StL trade, that obviously changes thing a bit for a Cubs/KC trade, but not much. I should also mention that Teahen is signed for longer than DeRosa is, which would up his value some. So, Ascanio obviously isn't going to get the deal done by himself. As far as that goes I'm not sure the Cubs should be trading away descent bullpen arms right now though a bat is more important at this point. I suppose Ascanio and a good prospect would be a fair asking price for this trade to happen.

I think Teahan has the ability to be a better hitter than DeRosa. I think with the right hitting coach and a better approach he has the potential to be a solid .280/.350 20 hr a year type of guy. The fact that he can play more than position makes him an assett but odly it almost hurt him as it fosters the perception that he's a super utility guy who can't hold down a full-time job.

There are much better options on the market for a corner OF'er and the asking price would be too high as I would've want to give the Royals any of our young SP in A/AA but he could be a good everyday LF and emergency back up if Arod relapses and can't play the field in 2010. I'm 99% confident it will never happen but I wouldn't be afraid to give him a full time LF job, especially if he learned to pull the ball more.

Mark Teahen makes the most sense in Seattle. The Mariners need a 3B for the next 6-8 weeks while Beltre heals. After Beltre is back, Teahen could end up in LF or as a utility player for the rest of the season depending on how Balentien does.

Even if Teahen doesn't look to be the most competent 3B at times defensively, we can play him at 2B. Jose Lopez, who has played well at the hot corner when replacing Beltre last season, would be a solid replacement for Adrian, while Teahen would give the Mariners another LH batter for the lineup.

Next year the Mariners are unsure of the 3B position. Beltre is obviously a free agent, Lopez can play 1B, 2B, or 3B, depending on who Seattle retains and signs in the offseason, but having Teahen would aid the Mariners negotiations with Beltre and would guarantee one more powerful LH bat in the lineup regardless of where they play him in 2010.

Brayan Pena hasn't been too important to KC as they passed him through waivers at one point this season in order to send him to AAA. An inclusion of Pena in the deal would allow the Mariners to push Johnson down to AAA, so that he can raise his hitting confidence.

Maybe something like Garrett Olson, Yuniesky Betancourt, and Jeff Clement for Mark Teahen and Brayan Pena. I know that Betancourts on the DL, but they either wait 2 weeks to do the deal or they ship out Cedeno instead. Jeff's parents have come watch him play games in KC because of the proximity to Iowa and if Clement ever does reach his ceiling, than he would be easy for the Royals to re-sign, which Mark Teahen may not be. All it takes is for Teahen to get a few extra hits a month and a couple warning track fly balls to become a HR and the Royals won't be able to retain him after next season, he's that close to good. YankeeFan78 said why trade him, because he could become really expensive, really quick. Next year he should make about $5.5MM in arbitration, so the cost is going up for Teahen.

By "WS" Gammons means White Sox??? That's probably not super serious due to the whole same division aspect, but I (as a Sox fan) would LOVE it. Tehan is not to be underrated and I hate seeing him come up against the Sox in a tight situation. Really, I'd love to see him end up anywhere outside of the AL Central, but in pinstripes on the South Side would easily be worth giving up Josh Fields and a minor league arm like Whistler or even a 1-for-1 trade of Beckham (most would think the Sox were giving up too much, but I can't imagine that Beckham in the future would be better than Tehan now).

I'm a Royals fan and let me tell you Teahan is a very below average second baseman. He can play 1B, 3B, LF, RF. The Royals should get something for him since there will be many teams interested and will have to battle with each other.