Baseball notes: Royals send Teahen to White Sox

CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox acquired Mark Teahen from the Kansas City Royals for Chris Getz and Josh Fields.

The trade was announced shortly after the White Sox said they had declined a 2010 option on right fielder Jermaine Dye, 35, who batted .250 with 27 home runs and 81 RBI in 141 games.

Teahen batted .271 with a career-high 34 doubles, 12 home runs and 50 RBI in 144 games in 2009, battling a sore back in the final month of the season. He made 99 starts at third base, 31 in right field and three at second base.

Getz became Chicago's starting second basemen last season, batting .261 with two homers, 31 RBI and 25 stolen bases in 107 games. Fields appeared in 29 games and batted .222 with seven homers and 30 RBI last season.

Kansas City also declined options for outfielder Coco Crisp ($8 million), catcher Miguel Olivo ($3.3 million) and right-hander Yasuhiko Yabuta ($4 million). Crisp and Olivo became eligible for free agency.

Brewers send Hardy to Twins for Gomez

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Milwaukee Brewers traded shortstop J.J. Hardy to the Minnesota Twins for speedy outfielder Carlos Gomez.

Hardy, 27, batted a career-low .229 with 11 home runs and 47 RBI in 115 games for the Brewers in 2009. He was demoted to Triple-A in August. Gomez, who turns 24 in December, batted .229 with three home runs and 28 RBI in 137 games.

• Milwaukee declined a $3.7 million club option on right-handed reliever David Weathers for next season. Weathers arrived in Milwaukee in a trade with Cincinnati in August and went 1-3 with a 4.88 ERA the rest of the year.

Dodgers exercise option on Ramirez

LOS ANGELES -- Manny Ramirez is coming back to the Dodgers next season. The team exercised the slugger's $20 million contract option for 2010. Ramirez hit .290 with 19 home runs and 63 RBI in 104 regularseason games. He missed 50 games while suspended for violating baseball's drug policy.

Elsewhere

• Right-hander Brandon Webb's $8.5 million option was exercised yesterday by the Arizona Diamondbacks, the team counting on the former Cy Young winner coming back successfully from shoulder surgery. Webb, 30, was the team's opening day pitcher last season, giving up six runs in four innings, then did not take the mound again the rest of the year.

• The Philadelphia Phillies have picked up Cliff Lee's $9 million option for 2010. Lee's contract expires after next season, though General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said the team is open to signing the star left-hander to a long-term deal. Lee, 31, was acquired from the Cleveland Indians on July 29.

• The Washington Nationals say No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a strained neck muscle and is being scratched from his start in the Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game.

• The Detroit Tigers have removed outfielder Marcus Thames and catcher Matt Treanor from the roster, clearing the way for both players to become free agents. Thames hit .252 last season with 13 homers and 36 RBIin 87 games. Treanor (hip surgery) played in four games.

• The New York Mets have declined an option on reliever J.J. Putz (1-4, 5.22 ERA, 2 saves) making him eligible for free agency.