Gordon Beckham News

Gordon Beckham is certainly a hot topic now, and not just because he's a candidate for the Rookie of the Year Award .

Reports from the GM Meetings in Chicago are that the Chicago White Sox will not make a run at utility stud Chone Figgins.

Friday's acquisition of Mark Teahen from Kansas City gave the White Sox instant flexibility.

White Sox general manager Ken Williams heads to the GM meetings with a nice little to-do list, mostly because he has little money for free agency.

After Chicago White Sox trade of Chris Getz and Josh Fields, Alexei Ramirez should go back to second base Rick Morrissey In the wake of the news November 6, 2009 The world as we know it is not going to end if the White Sox move third baseman Gordon Beckham to second base, though the true Beckham believers among you might build survival bunkers just ...

Gordon Beckham makes sense at second base. But moving him there is not a huge upgrade for the White Sox without the addition of an All-Star level third baseman.

Teahen batted .271 with a 12 home runs and 50 RBIs in 144 games with the Royals in 2009.

The Chicago White Sox signed veteran utilityman Mark Kotsay to a one-year, $1.5 million contract on Thursday.

The White Sox have traded Josh Fields and Chris Getz to Kansas City in exchange for infielder-outfielder Mark Teahen, according to the New York Daily News.

There are some fairly significant changes between our yearly league rankings and our dynasty rankings, in part due to some tremendous young talent like Pablo Sandoval and Gordon Beckham.

The players have spoken. Their top NL rookie is World Series-bound Phillies left-hander J.A. Happ.

On June 1, Ozzie Guillen gave a rather blunt assessment of prized prospect Gordon Beckham, who was hitting very well in Triple-A Charlotte while Josh Fields was struggling in the majors: The last thing we worry about is Beckham, and I don't know why people in Chicago fell in love with this kid...He's a great player, he's going to be in the big ...

Greg Walker knows the reality of it. Hal McRae, Carney Lansford, Von Joshua - just the latest casualties of a career that has the life expectancy slightly better than that of an adult mayfly.

Celebrating achievements during the postseason, even if they currently are of the individual variety, will never grow old for Gordon Beckham.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ and Chicago White Sox infielder Gordon Beckham were named the top rookies by the Major League Baseball Players Association.

The finalists for the annual Players Choice Awards, which are chosen by the players themselves in conjuction with the Major League Baseball Players Association and Upper Deck, were released today.

Mike, I know you feel like you're on a roll with all the predictions you've made on our ''Monsters in the Morning'' show.

While the White Sox should have some spending ability on the free agent market, most of the top players will probably end up beyond their price range.

J.A. Happ did not begin the season with the intention of collecting awards, but he was deeply honored by one announced yesterday.

Phillies lefthander J.A. Happ and White Sox third baseman Gordon Beckham are Sporting News' 2009 rookies of the year, as selected by a panel of 338 major league players.