I am 100% positive the Royals would give up Teahen for Francisco in a heartbeat. Unfortunately I don't the Indians will do that deal. Teahen has been playing the OF for the past two seasons so the Indians can definitely do better at third base. Indians are probably better off bring Casey Blake back for a couple more seasons. It is clear the Indians are tired of waiting for Marte to come around. What a bust he has become! It will be interesting to see what they do since they are in the same division. I just hope the Indians are smart about it.The Royals and Indians are discussing a deal that would send Mark Teahen to Cleveland for Franklin Gutierrez, Ben Francisco or Trevor Crowe.
We're surprised that the Indians would opt to settle for Teahen at third base when he's put up OPSs of 763 and 715 the last two years. And it's not like his triple crown stats are any better. He's also average at best defensively. The Indians can afford to spare an outfielder, but if they're going to bother trading for a third baseman rather than move Johnny Peralta to the position, they should attempt to do better.