Comments on: Mark Teahen Is The Near Future Of White Sox Baseball

By: MO Sarge

MO Sarge — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:31:07 +0000

KC Royals fan here. I like Getz’s potential and Josh Fields’s crappy bat off the bench will be an upgrade over the crappy bats we have on the bench now. But I think Mark Teahen will get a surge in power playing at US Cellular Field too. Good trade for both sides…but we’ll see. Can’t say one side won more than the other here, but Chris Getz I think will help us out more than Mark helps out you guys.

By: Sox fan

Sox fan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:46:02 +0000

Getz had the best stolen base percentage in the AL. He may not steal 50, but if he plays the full season 40 is a done deal. Very disappointed that the Sox let him go. This one’s going to come back and bite us.

By: Jeff Parker

Jeff Parker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:22:23 +0000

I appear to be in the minority in Royalville regarding this trade. Apparently Fields is going to hit 40 home runs while Getz plays gold glove defense with 50 stolen bases and a .400 OBP. Garsh, you guys got fleeced.

By: CushingLee

CushingLee — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:34:42 +0000

The first sentence of Mr. Parker’s post is exactly what I think about this.

By: Andrew Reilly

Andrew Reilly — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:06 +0000

Now there’s a fun bet for Royals fans to make: who gets to 100 k’s first, Josh Fields or Luke Hochevar?

By: B2theD

B2theD — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:31 +0000

The biggest difference for Teahen iis that we’ll only ask him to hit .270/.330/.450, with 15-20 hr and 60 rbi, batting 6th or 7th. And keep him at 3B in one position for a change. I expect him to live up to those expectations, and it’s a huge upgrade over Nix/Getz duo of ineptitude.

Getz might be something, but I doubt it. And get used to a few absolute bombs from Josh Fields, interspersed between 150+ strike outs.