but after looking at his numbers, I’d say thanks but no thanks.

His K and BB rates are about like Ankiel’s. He’s hitting, but with help from a .360+ BABIP. And he appears to be quite a bad defensive third baseman. He could play left, but I think if we’re giving up a Mortenson or Boggs we could probably do better.

i really like the idea of teahan in a cards uniform. the biggest problem people seem to have is that he is an average player what we forget is that average is a huge upgrade for us you surround albert pujols with a bunch of average players and you have a good lineup. i think the problem we’re going to run into is that the front office is almost obligated to see what glaus will give us this year. meaning teahan would have to pass through waivers and i don’t thinkl he would. considering he’d be a good fit for several teams

Royals Review the other day shows that they should get back as much for Teahen as Cleveland got for DeRosa, so unless we want to give Motte and a top reliever PTBNL for him…no thanks!

as fourstick said, he is the poor man’s derosa. we either go big and get someone who would make a difference in this lineup or nothing. holliday has been hitting well after an adjustment period to one of the tougher parks for hitters. is he gonna rake like he did at colorado, no. but he’s gonna be the best protection for pujols we can get. and you can’t tell me he’s not gonna be able to bang at h-town’s bandbox, cincy’s homer-friendly park, pittsburgh, a day the wind’s blowin out at wrigley, or the crew’s dome…please. and he’s a plus defender.

lineup

1. skippy
2. ras (could be inter-changeable at 6)
3. pujols
4. holliday
5. stud-wick
6.de-ro (could be inter-changeable at 2)
7. molina
8. pitcher
9. ryan (leads off against lefty’s sometimes

bench: larue, ankiel, lugo, glaus (when healthy to play), thurston, greene????

that lineup is effin solid. i look at it say, “wow, if pujols has an off nite we could still win.” our pitching is fine with carp and waino fronting the rotation. we won’t use the fifth starter in the playoffs. the only other thing i think we could use is maybe another guy for the pen…but that would prolly be wishful thinking. if the organization is not sold on the fact that wallace, the walrus, jesus with a bat, or whatever you wanna call him call him can’t play third at the major league level then best of luck to ya kid. this could go along way towards showing pujols we’re here to play with the big boys. i have a feeling holliday would like it here. he re-signs for 5 years 54-62 million and we had a sick outfield + pujols n molina…..everything else is replaceable. (just talking about everyday players)

but he’s a little bit redundant if we have DeRosa (who is a better hitter and a slightly better defender). The whole point of DeRo is that he’s versatile (good OF, so-so 3B, kinda crappy but acceptable-with-his-bat 2B) so it means that we can fill in the extra gaps by signing either a 3B or an OF, and just plug DeRo in where he’s needed. If we have TWO players who can play all three positions, I think we’re not getting the full advantage of their versatility (plus, Teahan is a bad 3B so he’s likely an abysmal 2B), so we’re “paying for the versatility” which is kind of redundant.

DeRosa won’t cost much more (contract-wise) to extend, and won’t cost a player to trade. I also think Teahan is liked in KC and by Moore (and he has a good contract, as you said) so I think it’ll take more than (say) Boggs + a C-level prospect to do this. I reckon they need one of our AAA (or a higher ceiling guy at A/AA, say Lynn), probably someone to play 3B or OF (maybe Craig?) plus at least one more meaningful piece (maybe a reliever) to get it done.

I think, as we have DeRosa and could probably extend him for less than $10m next year, we’re better of just getting a rental at 3B or OF. We don’t need another utility knife.

Because it is now officially OBE and DOA.