Look I’m sure Mark Teahen is a nice guy. He was a hotshot prospect coming up with the Royals. He even had a little bit of success at the big league level. But he absolute stinks now. Awful. Disgraceful. Painful to watch. He’s a man without a position, that lacks the bat to DH. He’s not a bad hitter, he’s actually pretty serviceable. But my goodness his defense. What an adventure at third base. Give him a mask and some pads over there, they might help. His bat does not make up for the atrocity at third base. You can’t stick him in the outfield either unless Quentin’s taking a day off. It’s unfortunate that you can’t flat out fire people in baseball because Kenny Williams would have done it yesterday. Speaking of Kenny Williams he’s a terrific GM that consistently puts his team in a position to be successful. But this one was not his finest work. Being stuck with this guy for three more years is painful. God willing they can dump him on the Red Sox somehow. They deserve each other. With my luck though he’d probably hit .300 with 40 homers. If you ask me I’d have him be the fifth outfielder and an insurance policy at the corner infield positions. There is really no position for him if Morel plays as well as people are projecting and if Viciedo made progress in the offseason. With Kotsay backing up at first and DH, and hopefully Viciedo getting a day or two a week at third we should be spared of seeing too much Teahen. The outfield is the most realistic place for him, but there is a cluster of young talent there that can hopefully produce just as much as Teahen for a fifth of the price. The best thing for Teahen would be to get shipped to Pittsburgh or back to Kansas City, where he could try to figure things out on a non-competitive ballclub.
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