White Sox reportedly near Vizquel deal
The White Sox are close to signing Omar Vizquel to a one-year deal to be their backup infielder, according to FoxSports.com.


The White Sox are close to signing Omar Vizquel to a one-year deal to be their backup infielder, according to FoxSports.com.
On Friday, the deadline for clubs to protect prospects from next month's Rule 5 Draft, the White Sox added five players to their 40-man roster.
If White Sox fans made the judgment regarding Jim Thome's immediate baseball future, then the prolific slugger would be chasing 600 career home runs at U.S. Cellular Field 2010.
Through the Champions for Children's event Sarah and Kerry Wood hosted at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago, the Woods brought the Cubs and White Sox together in perfect harmony for the tremendous cause of Children's Memorial Hospital.
Where the free-agent market is concerned, general manager Ken Williams and the White Sox might be waiting until late January or early February to add the final pieces to the 2010 puzzle.
What are legitimate expectations for Jake Peavy? Should Gordon Beckham finished higher in BBWAA Rookie of the Year voting? Scott Merkin answers your latest Inbox questions.
White Sox prospect Brent Morel homered for the second straight game and raised his AFL average to .414 as the Peoria Javelinas fell to the Phoenix Desert Dogs, 7-6, on Wednesday.
The launching of the Virtual Catalog at the MLB.com Shop signals the official start to another season of holiday shopping.
White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham will settle for rookie honors from the Sporting News and the Players Choice, as voted on by his peers, after finishing a distant fifth in BBWAA AL Rookie of the Year honors announced Monday.
Free of the wild-child reputation that once plagued him, Bobby Jenks evolved from a kid from Idaho to a record-setting closer.
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The ongoing debate about the White Sox's intentions regarding Jermaine Dye and Scott Podsednik will remain up in the air as general manger Ken Williams distanced himself from any speculation on Wednesday.
The second Cactus League season for the White Sox spent at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. begins on Friday, March 5 when the South Siders play host to the Dodgers, according to the full Spring Training schedule announced on Wednesday.
If Mark Buehrle was to make a checklist for career accomplishments, both White Sox-oriented and individual, he would be able to mark off a number of targeted goals reached and even a few he didn't expect.
Friday's acquisition of Mark Teahen from Kansas City gave the White Sox instant flexibility. And that flexibility came on the infield, when general manager Ken Williams and his staff decided to put Teahen back at third base.
The Cubs and White Sox announced Tuesday that they will play a pair of split-squad exhibition games in Las Vegas on March 12 and 13, marking the second consecutive year the two will play there.
Octavio Dotel, who was ranked by the Elias Sports Bureau as a Type A free agent, filed for free agency on Monday.
During a Friday conference call, GM Ken Williams mentioned how the White Sox would spend whatever they had to break even, but there wasn't much there to spend. That idea was driven home again Monday at the GM Meetings.
Gordon Beckham hopes to become a Triple Crown winner next Monday. The rookie award Triple Crown, that is.
Mark Teahen's career in the Minors took an interesting turn when he was featured in one of the most popular baseball books of the decade.
After reports of a trade had the baseball world buzzing on Thursday, the White Sox announced Friday that they had indeed acquired infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen and cash considerations from the Royals in exchange for infielders Chris Getz and Josh Fields.
The White Sox announced Friday that they have bought out the 2010 mutual option on outfielder Jermaine Dye's contract for $950,000 rather than pay the outfielder a $12 million salary for next season. He is now eligible to become a free agent.
The biggest name on the list of potential 2009 White Sox free agents might not even become a free agent for another 10 days. And at that point, the end of Jermaine Dye's run in Chicago could be near.
The Royals' Mark Teahen reportedly has been traded to the White Sox in exchange for second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman Josh Fields, but Royals GM Dayton Moore said that there was "nothing to report right now."