2010

Now that the baseball season is officially over, I think it is finally time to start the talk about next season. Kenny Williams thought so too. He has already made quite a few moves, but none bigger than sending Chris Getz and Josh Fields to Kansas City for Mark Teahen. Teahen was a Sox killer last season, hitting .404 against them, but just .271 overall, while playing third base for the Royals. Yes third base, which means the White Sox plan to fill the void of Getz, who was starting to play very solid baseball for the Sox last season before his injury, with current third basemen Gordon Beckham. That means the Sox will have to teach the Rookie of the Year another new position in 2010. Becks will be able to transition nicely to second base, but I'm concerned about Getz hurting the Sox next season with the Royals. I'm less worried about Fields, but stranger things have happened. In the end, Teahen is a solid player, but the Sox simply gave up too much for him because he is not the All-Star RBI producer the White Sox lineup needs for 2010.

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