The Blue Jays announced that they have given Mark Teahen his unconditional release. They designated the infielder/outfielder for assignment earlier in the month and will be responsible for paying his $5.5MM salary in 2012.
Teahen joined the Blue Jays in the three-way deal that sent Edwin Jackson to St. Louis and Colby Rasmus to Toronto. The 30-year-old posted a .200/.273/.300 line in 177 plate appearances for the White Sox and Blue Jays in 2011, appearing at all four corner positions.
AA, magician.
I don’t even know what to say to this.
Say nothing, just nod your head in ignorant approval.
If AA was a true magician, he would have given Teahen and $2 million to some team for a draft pick. I expect AA to be the first GM to figure out how to trade for one of those tradable picks.
Steve
Who?
Mark Teahen
There seems to be a slight bit of irony when it comes to posts like these:
A bench player in the majors who’s making 5.5 million to do nothing, yet people still say “Who?”
The question is, Thomas Cassidy, who are you, and where is your 5.5 million to do nothing?
Tigers new DH/backup 1B and corner outfielder?
actually for league minimum it might be worth an invite to spring training..With the Blue Jays paying him that much anything else it just to try and prove that he isn’t ready to be out of baseball
Yeah a low risk/high reward kinda guy
we have different definitions of “high reward”
More like “low risk/slightly more than low reward.”
Seriously, this guy has never hit 20 homeruns, stolen 15 bases, driven in 70 runs, or hit .300. The only time he came even close was in his 109 games back in 2006, and he has just been in a free-fall performance-wise the last few years. He’s a 31-year-old with no pop, no speed, and an ok glove at the hot corner. Can someone explain to me how this guy ever got a deal where he would earn over $5 million in one year? Oh wait- Kenny Williams was the GM.
actually for league minimum it might be worth an invite to spring training..With the Blue Jays paying him that much anything else it just to try and prove that he isn’t ready to be out of baseball
The Pirates will sink their teeth into him. They love players who had a good year 3 years prior in the hopes that they can trade them mid-season.
Maybe the Astros could sign him.
Blue Jays do not want Tea with a Hen.
Sign him Frank Wren lol purely for the fact that having a “Teheran” and a “Teahan” on the same team would be pretty boss!!!
would be pretty boss…. ?
looks like you got too many tomahawk chops to the head as a child
I’ve always thought of Teahen as a candidate to go to Japan.
Sounds like a 3B Pile candidate in Seattle.
Great, now I’m picturing an actual dogpile of sub-replacement players at the bag. They’d probably still be a better defender at 3B than Mark Reynolds, Chris Davis or Mark Trumbo.
If he is an honorable man, Tehean will come back to the White Sox and offer to play for free since we signed him to that awesome contract that is getting him 5.5mil from the Jays this year.
If you think WSox fans are down on Kenny Williams now, wait and see what happens if Teahen dons their uniform again. People would be standing in line at the Cell, trying to get rid of what few season tickets are out there.
Teahen was a solid player when he was with the Royals. Unfortunately, since he signed that deal with the White Sox, his numbers have gone south. With his versatility, and considering he is only 30, he should get a Spring Training Invite.
He wasn’t that solid. He struck out in clutch situations constantly. He’s a nice guy but was never as good as he was touted. Lots of fans give him credit for being better than he was because of his personality. He was an above-average baserunner (way better than DeJesus), but really has been pretty pedestrian his entire career. He’ll hang on for a few more years somewhere…but his best bet is to polish up his act for television after his impending retirement…I think he’d be awesome there.
Yeah, he’s got that going for him, great personality and sense of humor. His player intro song was a gangsta rap song, and his twitter account is from the perspective of his dog
He should be getting a 2yr deal from Ned Colleti and the Dodgers in about 3…2…1…
this guy sounds like someone the Indians would sign, he was good at one time, but now he’s not so good….
I’d love for the Twins to look at him. Might motivate Valencia.
Thanks mr Cameron
I’m with you. The Twins bench is lacking and Teahen is versatile enough to play the corner spots.
The A’s, Yankees, Mets or M’s may want to tap into Teahen for various reasons. If he does make a comeback, he would be a nice 3b for the A’s and M’s with some occasional outfield duty. The Yankees might want to use him to replace Chavez. As for the Mets, the “hey if it’s for free, it’s for me” approach may be necessary considering their financial situation.
I own ONE jersey. Guess who it is? That’s right! Mark Teahen #24!!! Let’s bring him back to KC for one last hurrah.
As one who has hated the Royals since the 70’s, I would LOVE to see that guy back on your team. You would virtually be handing 3rd place back to the White Sox – for whatever that’s worth.