I don’t know about Teahen. KC couldn’t afford his services. They need homeruns and not mediocrity. Top ten sim scores: (I don’t need another season of Rob Mackowiak and the name mike clamb still makes me laugh. Enter sideline reporter… “Mike Clamb will play at first base.”)
1. Chris Singleton (957)
2. Marlon Byrd (954)
3. Danny Bautista (950)
4. Felix Jose (948)
5. Junior Felix (947)
6. Rob Mackowiak (946)
7. Mike Lamb (945)
8. Leon Roberts (943)
9. Reed Johnson (942)
10. Alex Ochoa (940)

And I think compounding the underachievers will be a 2b who hasn’t played the position before, a bad ss, and a bad defensive catcher.

@cws05nuts: The Braves have given up great talent before. Remember the Teixeira trade? Neftali Feliz, Elvis Andrus, Matt Harrison. Don’t write off Flowers just on a September call up. Furthermore, not every prospect shines on their first sniff of the major leagues. The Teahan trade may actually be more helpful than realized as Teahan is quite versatile and would be a sufficient utility player. Just a random fact, Teahan was part of the Carlos Betran to the Mets deal for KC.

The AL Central may be mediocre, however, the Sox aren’t a lock to win this division. The bullpen has question marks and the lineup isn’t quite as potent as before. This is because there are quite a few under achievers (Rios, Jones, Teahan). The Tigers and the Twins will also compete for the division too. It will be mediocre teams battling for the AL Central and a first round exit in 2010.

Hudson will be the man.

Torres was absolutely terrible in the 2 games I watched him pitch last year.

The Teahan move blows. Just a way for Kenny to save cash after peavy/rios.

I’m worried about Jenks continuing to overeat and even more so with less competition at the post game buffet without Bartolo. Linebrink is a big problem. Kenny please trade Jenks!

No worries though omar vizquel and Jones will put the 10 cws on their backs and carry them to the al central crown.

Skepticism and homerism aside. I think the cws have a shot to compete for the division in 2010. Tribe sucks, Twins still suck, KC not worth mentioning, and the Tigers sure didn’t get any better. The cws have a decent staff but the defense is still going to plague the starters and relievers. Got to pick up the ball and make outs to win. Especially with Floyd and Buehrle. Speaking of which that is what made Buehrle’s perfect game even more remarkable was the defense behind him in 09.

I’ll take the easy way and say 81-81. .500 is usually right around what it takes to be competitive in the ole al central. They just won’t hit enough homeruns and produce enough with what they got and the loss of JD’s annual numbers.