Royals Trade Mark Teahen To White Sox

So do the White Sox now shop for a second baseman?

The Royals acquire more obp disasters? No way!!!

More cost-cutting by the Royals. Getz isn't an OBP sinkhole by any means - not a star, but a good candidate to be the next Craig Counsell, which is useful when you're trotting out infielders like Willie Bloomquist. I'm not sold on Fields at all, primarily because he's a horrible defensive 3B and hasn't shown enough bat to play an outfield corner. Still, as lottery tickets go, at least he has power, something the Royals desperately need.

Another player the Cubs were interested in, stolen by Kenny Williams and the ChiSox. What? Does he have Jim Hendry's office bugged?

I wouldn't call Getz and OBP disaster. His career OBP in the minors is .380, and wasn't horrible this season at .324 as a rookie. I like his speed and he also has the ability to hit for a high average. All i really like about Fields is his power potential. As a royals fan, i really wonder where he fits on the team though.

I like the idea of moving Alexei back to 2B so Beckham can play SS. Then they can go out and look for a 1-2 year 3B until Viciedo is ready. If that is the case, throw another team into the 3B market.

Adrian Beltre sounds like a good fit. Improve the defense and replace some of the pop lost with Thome and Dye. He could probably hit 30+ HRs playing H.R. Cellular field.

"Another player the Cubs were interested in, stolen by Kenny Williams and the ChiSox. What? Does he have Jim Hendry's office bugged?"

Haha, because like the fans, the Sox spend the majority of their time obsessing over everything the Cubs do including players they didn't land. Stay classy South Side!

wow what a trade for Kansas. Teahen SUCKS! Josh Fields! and Getz!! what a fleece...

This move doesn't really make sense on the Royals side. They already have Gordon at 3B and Fields can't hit enough for 1B. Getz is decent, but they already have more than enough decent - below average middle infielders.

Ramirez back to second, Beckham to short, and Chone Figgins to third in t-minus...

Seems like a bad deal for the Royals. They trade one of their best OBA guys, for two guys who can't get on base, who play positions the Royals already have young, decentish players at. I don't know what this means for Alex Gordon and Alberto Callaspo. I'm all for trading Teahen, but trade him for a position of need - outfield, pitching, catcher, shortstop.

Getz doesn't excite me at all and Fields seems already washed up. Another bone-head move by Dayton.

Its a shame that a team like Royals trade their better players away...if they could keep their talent they could play October baseball, but no...they trade it to a team that contends every single year. I am not a fan of either team but Id like to see other teams contend besides the Tigers, Twins and White Sox

Jason Nix may be the frontrunner to start at 2nd. Sox fans who watched most of their games last season know he has some power, is versatile and plays adequate defense, although he had a stretch when Alexei was out where he commited like 5 errors in 3 games. He is a better defensive player than that though. There are 2nd basemen on the market but they are old. Polanco would be a nice fit but he may price himself out of the Sox budget.

Teahan was a Sox killer. Look up his numbers vs them. He also hit well at the Cell. Maybe his numbers will improve for a team that will be a contender. I wonder if he will be a backup though. He will definitely improve the outfield defense but I don't see him as a full time starter on this team unless they can pick up a power bat like Blalock or Ankiel to throw in the outfield/DH mix.

In a way, this makes sense. Kenny Williams tends to emphasize (overemphasize) positional flexibility, and Teahen certainly has that. Getz and Fields are pretty limited in that respect, as Getz has neither the arm, nor the bat to play anywhere but 2nd, and Josh is limited to 1st.

On the other hand, though, I certainly liked Getz's speed and OBP potential, and Teahen has never flashed the kind of power that Josh did in 2007. Also, the Sox take on Payroll while they are already near their ceiling in that regard. So that makes no sense.

I realize that this is the first day of the offseason and trades don't happen in a vaccuum but this is puzzling to say the least. More questions to answer now.

I'm alright with the deal, I liked Getz but Fields probably doesn't have the contact ability to really make it in the majors, and Teahen should fill a spot for the Sox in some capacity, whether its right field or third base.

I wouldn't be surprised to see some talk about Beckham moving back to shortstop, with Ramirez back to second base.

An interesting move by the White Sox, but realistically if they keep making these kinds of moves, I wouldn't expect Bobby Jenks to be back on a $7M contract.

This is not a done deal. ESPN's Buster Olney (a more reputable source than Bill Madden) is reporting that talks are "not that far along". His report is buried on the Rumors section of espn.com. The deal doesn't make sense from the Sox perspective, as $5MM on the open market could get them a much better OF. Maybe Fields for Teahan straight up would work but not both Getz and Fields.

"Haha, because like the fans, the Sox spend the majority of their time obsessing over everything the Cubs do including players they didn't land. Stay classy South Side!"

Or, narcisstic Cub fans always think everything is about them. Stay classy, North Side.

Chicagomike- don't be salty....aj is pretty much hittin the nail on the head- Kenny wants chone, and you slide the infield to the right, it makes a lot of sense actually...

"Haha, because like the fans, the Sox spend the majority of their time obsessing over everything the Cubs do including players they didn't land. Stay classy South Side!"

Says the Cub fan posting in the White Sox related thread.

I can tell you this much, if the headline read "Royals Agree to trade Mark Teahen to the Cubs" I'd probably nod my head and go do something else.

Thank god!

Maybe Hendry will finally take him off his wish list.

Now if we could only cure him of his love of scrappy no hitting 2B.

Not a done deal - just some writer from NY talking

Teahen just finished an interview on 810. He hasn't heard anything about the trade except for the rumors from the article.

"Maybe Hendry will finally take him off his wish list.

Now if we could only cure him of his love of scrappy no hitting 2B."

LOL! Can't get enough of those guys on the team.

I don't really understand this trade. I like Getz but I'm not sure where he fits in KC. Callaspo is an atrocious fielder but I don't think he's good enough to DH, so who plays second?

It seems like this trade has two teams just giving each other players they don't really need. At least the Royals don't have to play 3M+ in arb to an average joe since they traded him.

Kenny is just stockpiling the players the Cubs wanted for a mega deal. Teahan and Peavy going to the Northside. LOL!!!

I don't like this trade on the surface, Getz is a nice utility player(not sure if he is a full time starter yet) that brought some energy to the team.

The only way this makes sense if the Sox get Figgins or Beltre for 3B and move Bacon to SS, Alexei back to 2B.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/whitesox/2009/11/getz_and_fields_traded_for_tea.html

Cowley says they'd, according to Ozzie, move Becks to 2nd, and look to get Figgins.

I want Kenny William's drugs.

"All of these scenarios still ask... who is DH-ing??? I say we trade for Adam Dunn"

Thome

I think the funniest part of this whole trade is that Buster Olney reports that the trade talks aren't that far along an hour before the trade is confirmed. How far out of touch is this guy? I guess we can throw him and his "inside sources" out the window for the rest of the offseason. Good riddance.

"All of these scenarios still ask... who is DH-ing??? I say we trade for Adam Dunn"

Thome

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At this stage of his career, Thome walks, K's, or hits a hard ground ball to the second baseman.

Pass.

Busta, Might want to get some new sources. :)

Seems like a win for the Royals to me. Teahen is an average player who is getting expensive and the Royals get a starting second baseman who should be improving and a potential regular in Fields. If Fields gets regular playing time, he may be able to give the Royals decent production for limited cost. It is a decent bet on Fields if you write off the last 2 years when he was either blocked or injured.

"I think the funniest part of this whole trade is that Buster Olney reports that the trade talks aren't that far along an hour before the trade is confirmed. How far out of touch is this guy? I guess we can throw him and his "inside sources" out the window for the rest of the offseason. Good riddance."

You beat me to the post.

"You beat me to the post."

LMAO... sorry I've hated Buster Olney since he emerged onto the scene with the A-Rod trade business. He hasn't had anything to report since but pretends like he's an expert on baseball. But then of course most of ESPN's crew makes me sick anyway.

"You forgot the most important thing Thome is still efficient at - hitting HRs"

Thome still is good for 25-30 homers, but a lot of hitters are with 80 games and the Cell. OBP only means more double plays when you are a super-slow station to station runner.

Let me state this: Thome will not play next year. No team will pay the money that has a vacancy at dh. Only a few teams even have a vacancy at DH, and I would not consider the white sox among them with an already stated planned DH rotation.

"Kenny Williams is a planner and goes after his plan. He didn't waste his time picking up Thornton or Garcia's option. They resigned Kotsay right away. Now their acquired a versatile, LH, young bat.

Hendry, on the other hand, throws s!*t against the wall and hope it sticks."

If Kenny's "plan" is to assmeble the AL's most mediocre outfield than he is well on his way.

IMO, it would be real dangerous for the Sox to have their offseason hinge on signing figgins - there are too many suitors out there including teams with much deeper pockets.

My Two cents on what this trade means.
1) An outfield of Q, Rios, MT, and Pods. With a rotation in the Dh spot. Having Rutherfield come in at 2nd.
2) The outfield is the same as above. Savior moves to 2nd we sign figgins.
3) outfield again the same. Figgins to second.

When I first read this, I'm like cool were gonna sign figgins.

why would they trade Fields? According to Hawk Harrelson hes the next Harmon Kilebrew.

@revive85

Is that you Jayson Nix?? :)

Royals didn't need another 3B with that kid they drafted.

All we have to do is sign Akanori for 2nd base, sign Konerko,Sign A.J. and sign Johnny Damon and Were 2010 CHAMPS!

KOTSAYS A BUM DUDE..... HE LL B A FILL IN..... KONERKO RESIGN... AJ RESIGN.... DYE DH.... BYEBYE JENKS

WHO are you talkng about dude

"why would they trade Fields? According to Hawk Harrelson hes the next Harmon Kilebrew."

While it's true that Hawk has a penchant for hyperbole - he definitely soured on Fields a long time ago.

I MEANT FIGGINS

BOTH SIDES WHAT> WHO U TALKING ABOUT

ChiSox33: Read back a few posts... Akinori Iwamura is now a Pirate. Looks like you only read the posts about the White Sox.

I like this move. Getz has speed and can hit average, but he does get hurt a lot, plays bad defense and lacks power. Im sure Teahen is our RF but im sure we will sign someone. Im hopeing Figgins, but others like Hudson or Polanco would be great. I like the fact that Teahen hits good at The Cell as i havent seen him unless we played vs him. I think its a good move for both teams, Sox will get the benifit now and royals later. With the starting rotation as good as we got, we better be playing for now

Looking at the White Sox in a home run park with a middle of the road payroll...I see this as a positive move. In the end, the WSox need ground ball pitchers to WANT to come to the South Side because they have an unbelievable infield defense and will score lots of runs. The defense was horrible in 2009. Perhaps we are just seeing the retooling of the team so that they can get to that end...along with trying to position themselves for the free agent market at hand. It looks like Chone Figgins would be the Sox first choice. But when we lost Torii Hunter in the free agent battle with LAA...we left ourselves with little options. Now we have a capable 3rd baseman just in case. They are saying he's a right fielder so that Figgins can see where he fits without having to change positions again.
If the Sox find a good infield AND outfield defense with the ability to run the bases effectively (can that no brain idiot Podsednik) and aggressively then they will be doing their pitchers the most good. When you're in the situation of a hitters park, you rarely have the pitching to cope in a series like we just saw with the Yankees/Phillies.
We have a damn good rotation going into 2010. Now lets get the fundamentals in the field and on the bases to make that (pitching advantage) work.

This trade is not finalized by any means...

TIM, need more info.

"typical royals trade. moving talent for pieces that just don't fit into the current team."

Posted by 'HouseThatTeahenBuilt'

LMAO! What talent are you talking about? Playing average baseball and commanding $5 million a year? That's not talent, that's an art.