http://blogs.suntimes.com/whit...ed_for_tea.html

Interesting moves by AL Central foes ... if true.

It's true and it's great. I don't view the Royals as a threat right now at all and the Sox made a pretty stupid move. It isn't somthing that's going to haunt them or anything, but it's making holes bigger and wasting payroll. If we can end up scoring a high potential starter then I think we'll have a pretty decent chance of even contending this season.

Giving up two players with value to pay a league average (in literally every way possible) player ~5 million a year will never be a smart thing to do.

This would be like us trading Jason Donald and Chris Gimenez for a 5 million dollar Ben Francisco.

Do Getz & Fields have value?

This looks like a Chisox win & a KC salary dump to me. 

Not that Teahen is lights out, but if he can fill the 3B spot for the Chisox & allow Beckham to move to 2B it should pay off nicely for the Sox.

WahooinAtlanta wrote:

Do Getz & Fields have value?

 

This looks like a Chisox win & a KC salary dump to me.

 

Not that Teahen is lights out, but if he can fill the 3B spot for the Chisox & allow Beckham to move to 2B it should pay off nicely for the Sox.

They aren't stars out there, but yes they have value. I don't see much in fields, but I suppose his power could come back at some point and Getz could be at least be a backup infielder if not a serviceable regular. But the bigger notion is clearly that they could have found a better option than Teahan for the same or less price via free agency.

About 103 days 'til pitchers and catchers report.

Teahen is a poor mans Casey Blake, if there is such a thing...lol.

He has some value, and esp for a team like Chicago.

Conversely, he doesnt add much to a team like KC. Fields and Getz are a good return.

Good move for both orgs.

100 to many .

AustinTribeFan wrote:

About 103 days 'til pitchers and catchers report.

weird move by sox, unless they know something no one else does - which i doubt.

Ocramruf wrote: I suspect the thinking went:

Teahan is better than our internal options, priced reasonably with no long term commitment, and since we've got the room in our budget and we consider Fields/Getz to be organizational fodder -- make the deal.

(I'm not signing off on those evaluations mind you, but I'd bet that's the angle they're coming from.)

It seems quite foolish even that this year's market is projected to be just as depleted or more than last year's and last year Abrue was had for 5 million. I could kind of get it if it happened in February, but the day after the WS?

Aren'tthe WhiteSox rumored to be going after Figgins.Teahan would play 3rd if Figgins plays 2nd  or 2nd if Figgins plays 3rd.

Teahan is playing RF in place of Dye. Although I would jump for joy if they played him and his career -10.1 UZR/150 @ 3B... especially if meant they were keeping Dye.

Strange looking at this move next to the acquisitions of Bloomquist and Jacobs. They found cheaper versions with a bit more upside this time. They gave up a cheap reliever to get Jacobs and this trade cost them a player that is likely not going to be worth more than his contract. Is Dayton Moore learning?