Teahen and cash will be heading to Chicago for Getz and Fields. While it can't be known for sure, odds are the amount of cash the White Sox will receive from the Royals for the arbitration eligible Teahen is what kept the trade from being completed for 24 hours.
It's been a good week for the Twins, but they still have plenty of work to do to get into the postseason, work that isn't getting any easier because of some key injuries.
This is hardly a surprise -- Crede has had procedures on his back in the past two seasons and he hasn't played in a week. It's also not even remotely as devastating a blow as losing Morneau or Slowey -- not with Crede's .225 average this season. But it hardly helps matters.
Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.
You Oughta Know ... That Ryan Howard is trying to challenge Albert Pujols for National League MVP.
Howard homered twice, doubled and drove in three runs Friday in the Phillies' 4-2 defeat of the Braves. Philadelphia now has an eight-game lead in the NL East.
"It makes you feel good when he starts hitting," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "He's amazing. He'll take two swings and not look too good, then all of a sudden he stays on a pitch and smokes it out of the yard. He's a tremendous hitter."
From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday.
Every Hot Stove season, each team reshapes its roster in an attempt to better themselves. After each transaction, whether a free agent acquisition, trade or something else, writers and bloggers everywhere provide knee-jerk reactions on each particular move. Though the majority of the analysis is educated, it's still just conjecture. Today, we'll take the long view and look back at some of the maneuvering this past offseason and see how it played out on the field.
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Oh what a difference a month makes. Josh Beckett's ERA in April stood at 7.22, including a two-game span where he was shellacked for 15 runs. Since then he's hurled five straight quality starts and posted a 2.38 ERA in May. His ERA is now 4.60 and his WHIP is 1.47, both of which fail to indicate his true current value. Often, like in Beckett's case, you can only get an accurate gauge by looking at what a player's done lately instead of viewing overall stats.
Athletics third baseman Eric Chavez has missed a lot of games over the last few years because of his back and shoulder injuries. Chavez played in only 90 games back in 2007, and 23 games last season. This year he's appeared in eight games and has three hits in 30 at-bats thanks to his balky back. Now it seems that his back may be keeping him off the baseball diamond for the rest of his life.
At this point Chavez is basically playing Russian roulette with it. Sure, he didn't blow his head off with the first pull of the trigger, but the odds are increasing with every shot, dive, swing, lifted piece of luggage or sneeze he makes that his career will be dead soon.
Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.
You Oughta Know ... That Friday night was not a good time to leave a game early.
There were three walk-off wins – by the Rays, Yankees and Braves – and three other games decided in the visitors' final-at bat.
Tampa Bay overcame a seven-run deficit and beat Cleveland 8-7 on B.J. Upton's homer in the ninth. The Yankees scored three off Twins closer Joe Nathan in the ninth to win 5-4. And Atlanta allowed Arizona to tie the game in the top of the ninth and then won the game in the bottom of the inning on Yunel Escobar's sacrifice fly.
Twins third baseman Joe Crede will be returning to the South Side of Chicago this weekend to take on his former teammates with the White Sox. Crede was somewhat of a cult figure in Chicago for years thanks to his brilliant defense and knack for coming up with big hits late in games, not to mention his run through the playoffs in 2005 that helped lead the White Sox to a World Series championship.
Now just because Crede left Chicago for the Twins, the White Sox's biggest rival, that doesn't mean his old team holds any ill will towards their former teammate. In fact, most players on the team still love him but that doesn't mean they don't have some fun in store for him while he's in Chicago.
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Absolute best team in baseball that you've never heard of. The Twins don't spend a lot of money nor do they make a lot of headlines. What they are good at, however, is winning. The Twins won the American League Central Division every year from 2002 to 2004 and again in 2006. In 2007 they finished third in the division and in 2008 they lost a one-game playoff to just miss the post season. This team wins with a small-ball, almost National League feel or approach.
FanHouse continues its 2009 MLB Preview with a look at the Minnesota Twins.
Last year was supposed to be the season in which the Minnesota Twins finally had to deal with reality. They traded Johan Santana to the Mets because they couldn't afford him any longer, and the heart and soul of the team, Torii Hunter, left for the glitz and glamor of Los Angeles. Then the Twins went out and won 88 games and were one run shy of making the playoffs after losing to the White Sox in a one-game playoff for the Central title. This is just what the Twins do. They defy everyone's expectations but their own, and odds are they're going to do it again this season.
The rumors started early on Thursday morning that the Kansas City Royals had agreed to trade Mark Teahen to the Chicago White Sox for Chris Getz and Josh Fields. Neither team would confirm the deal throughout the day, but 24 hours later it has become official. 
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