Mark Teahen done for the Year!!!

[OgreBallz]

Mark Teahen-3B-Royals Sep. 6 - 12:43 am et


Mark Teahen will have season-ending right shoulder surgery on Friday, the Royals announced tonight.

Very disappointing news for those owners who have already received far more than they could have expected from Teahen this year. "The smart thing to do is shut it down now and make sure I'm ready for spring next year," he said. "Hopefully, it's just minimal and I'll be good and ready to go. Worse-case scenario, this makes sure I'm ready for spring training." The Royals maintain that they will not call up Alex Gordon to replace Teahen. It looks like Esteban German and Jeff Keppinger will see action at third the rest of the way, making both decent pickups in AL-only leagues. We prefer German, but Keppinger might get the majority of the at-bats.

I just obtained this from Rotoworld...this sucks!!!

[DirtyKash]

The Royals maintain that they will not call up Alex Gordon to replace Teahen.

What a crappy and unexciting team.

[Amazing Oopah]

when in the heck did this guy get injured?

[BitterDodgerFan]

seriously, was he playing injured? i picked up shealy to replace him.

[mikekim2121]

Tough break for us Teahen owners. He was finally living up to the Moneyball hype, maybe even exceed the lofty expectations. I'm still skeptical but I'd love to see him at 2nd base next year if that's what the Royals decide to do with him.

[NatsFan10]

The Royals maintain that they will not call up Alex Gordon to replace Teahen.

What a crappy and unexciting team.

Yes, because rushing prospects to the majors when your team is already going to lose 100 games is the smart thing, right?

[GrubNasty]

nice my 18th injury for me this year... i wish i kinda had known about the issue i guess thats why he had so many 0-4s as of late? hope he comes back strong next year, but i guess with an injury hes a 5th-6th round or is that still to earlY?

[Hobbes]

seriously, was he playing injured?

From Yahoo:

Recommendation: This is an issue that Teahen has been dealing with for the last month. "The smart thing to do is shut it down now and make sure I'm ready for spring next year," he said. "Hopefully, it's just minimal and I'll be good and ready to go. Worse-case scenario, this makes sure I'm ready for spring training." The Royals will *not* call up Alex Gordon to replace Teahen.

So it does look like he has been playing injured.

[Richie Rich]

wow...wish i knew about his two days ago, since there are no more adds in my league, even for injuries...ouch