Mark Teahen to Try Second Base

Ah, the annual rites of spring. The snow starts melting, trees start finding themselves populated by leaves and singing birds, and Mark Teahen gets ready for a position change. I tell you, you can set your watch to it. In 2007 Teahen moved from third base to right field to make room for Alex Gordon before moving from right field to left field last season to accomodate Jose Guillen. Of course, now that the Royals have Coco Crisp in centerfield that probably means David DeJesus is going to start seeing more time in left field.

So if Teahen wants to keep getting at bats this season, that means he's probably going to have to change positions again, and he's planning on doing just that. Get ready to become acquainted with Mark Teahen, second baseman.

"Looking over the roster and stuff, that might be the best way to get the majority of my at-bats," Teahen says. "I don't know how it will shake out. But it's something I'll definitely put my energy into and get as good as I can there, and hopefully it works out.

"It'll definitely be tough to try to perfect second base while still doing some outfield and some third base and first base, you know? But I have to do what I have to do. I like being on the infield, I like being in the action. If second base gets me there and gets me in the lineup every day, I'll do everything I can."

Teahen did play some second base while in college, but I'm not sure how this is going to work out in the big leagues. Especially when you consider there aren't that many 6-foot-3, 210-pound second basemen floating around. Plus, there's the fact that he isn't that great of a defensive player to begin with. If he was, he wouldn't get moved around so much. Something tells me that this second base experiment isn't going to work out, but it should be good for a laugh or two during Spring Training.