Report: Sox trade Getz

The White Sox have traded Chris Getz and Josh Fields to the Kansas City Royals for Mark Teahen, according to published reports.

Teahen, 28, is an everyday player who has played six positions in his career. He hit .271 with 12 home runs and 50 RBIs in 144 games last season while playing third base and right field.

It is uncertain where Sox manager Ozzie Guillen would start his new player. Teahen could replace free agent Jermaine Dye in right field, or he could play third base, with Gordon Beckham moving to shortstop and Alexei Ramirez returning to second base.

In five seasons with the Royals, Teahen has been consistently decent. He has averaged .269 with 14 home runs, 70 RBIs and 10 stolen bases a season.

The trade would mark a tough break for Getz, 26, who shined at times during his rookie season on the South Side. He hit .261 with two home runs, 31 RBIs and 25 stolen bases in 107 games as the Sox's starting second baseman.

Fields, who will turn 27 next month, had run his course with the Sox. He hit .222 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs in 79 games in 2009, but Beckham replaced him at third base halfway through the season and gave Fields nowhere to play except Triple-A Charlotte.

The New York Daily News first reported the deal. The Sox have yet to confirm.

-Tom Musick