I'm heading to a Fiery Furnaces show, and then out of town, so I'm just going to barf out a few more thoughts on the recent post-Teahen developments.
No. 1: I regret that I won't have many more occasions to use this picture.
We barely had a chance to use it, and now he's gone. Chuck Garfien has a good extended exit interview with Chris Getz.
No. 2: I'm also going to miss using this picture.
I wonder if Josh Fields is allowed to take the world's tiniest mitt with him to Kansas City, or if that's property of Camp Cora.
No. 3: The word is that the Sox received $2 million, which helps a lot. It's not thrilling to pay $2 million or so more after an exchange of mediocre players, but their histories indicate that Teahan has the highest baseline for performance.
No. 4: Likewise, it's not particularly enthralling to see Kenny Williams declare Teahen the starting third baseman. He's not good defensively, especially when factoring in his bat. But it makes the acqusition make sense from terms of usage, since he and Mark Kotsay are similar players off the bench.
No. 5: Alexei Ramirez should remain at short. He's better there -- he's shown better positioning, he seemed to iron out the throwing issue in the second half, and with his aversion to contact, it makes sense to keep him off the pivot.
No. 6: Gordon Beckham should be fine at second in time, but I cringed when I saw this quote:
"I can't seem to find the position I've played my whole career."
Considering the way the clubhouse reacted to Getz's seemingly innocuous comment about the team's rookies providing energy, I now wonder about any statement made from somebody outside the veteran core that could be construed as critical, no matter how harmless it may appear.
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Arizona Fall League:
- Don't forget: Jordan Danks will be playing in the Rising Stars game on MLB Network at 7:15 CST on Saturday night.
