Royals, Teahen avoid arbitration

[catsfan20052006]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3892960

Mark Teahen and the Kansas City Royals agreed on Sunday to a one-year contract worth $3,575,000 and avoided salary arbitration.

Teahen played in a career-best 149 games last season, hitting .255 with 31 doubles, 15 home runs and 59 RBIs. Teahen plays all three outfield positions, and first and third base.

The 27-year-old is a career .268 hitter with 47 home runs and 243 RBIs in 532 games.

Teahen earned $2,337,500 last year and asked for $3.85 million in arbitration when he exchanged proposed salaries with the Royals last month. The team offered $2.75 million.

Kansas City has one player remaining in arbitration: first baseman Mike Jacobs.

[QuinnMac]

not gonna trade him now.

[RonLongshaft]

in no way shape or form is he a 2nd baseman

[KCcat28]

in no way shape or form is he a 2nd baseman

I'm holding out hope that he can work out at 2nd because I think Seitzer can really help him with his bat. With that being said I think he will fail as a 2nd baseman but I really think his hitting will improve some this year.

[cas]

A lot of money for a backup.

[Dirty Sanchez]

He would probably be most useful in a super-sub role, playing in different positions frequently to give regulars a day off.  The versatility to play all four corners plus 2B is worth something.  Hopefully his bat will come around and he can get up to somewhere around a .280-20-75 guy.

[steve dave]

He would probably be most useful in a super-sub role, playing in different positions frequently to give regulars a day off.  The versatility to play all four corners plus 2B is worth something.  Hopefully his bat will come around and he can get up to somewhere around a .280-20-75 guy.

Ross Gload has already claimed that spot.

[Applejack]

So if you were to break that contract down, it come out roughly $100 per slow roller he hits to second base.

Hopefully he goes back to his '06 form, not likely.

[_K_S_U_]

So if you were to break that contract down, it come out roughly $100 per slow roller he hits to second base.

Hopefully he goes back to his '06 form, not likely.

.290/18HR/69RBIs