Josh Fields News

The true competitor in Gordon Beckham stoked his desire to compete for the 2009 American League Rookie of the Year Award, presented Monday afternoon by the BBWAA, long after the White Sox were eliminated from postseason contention.

Various media outlets are reporting that 43-year-old Omar Vizquel, a potential Hall-of-Fame shortstop, is close to agreeing to a one-year contract to join the Chicago White Sox.

Under the Ken Williams regime on the South Side of Chicago, the White Sox have been known to target specific players of interest moving into the offseason and then act quickly in the Hot Stove period to fill those particular needs.

I'm shocked and disappointed that the Hot Stove League didn't go on hiatus during my vacation, but I can make the adjustment.

It wasn't a matter of if, but more when. Some expected this last off-season and most expected it this off-season. Mark Teahen is officially no longer a Royal, now a rival as a part of the White Sox.

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

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry is an old-school type who'd love to see a return to the days of wheeling and dealing among baseball's GMs.

In this year of change, healthcare reform and rising unemployment, the White Sox played the role of clunkers.

The tarp had barely been pulled across the infield at Yankee Stadium and the lights extinguished for the final time in 2009 that the other 29 teams started positioning themselves to knock the world champions off their high perch.

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.

Chris Getz, the Grosse Pointe South alumnus and White Sox starting second baseman, has been traded to the Royals, according to several news reports.

The Chicago White Sox bought out their mutual option with outfielder Jermaine Dye for $950,000 on Friday morning, making the 2005 World Series MVP a free agent.

Baseball's trade market sprang to life with a pair of swaps two days after the World Series.

As I begin writing this piece, a deal has not been finalized.A That being said, rumors have been swirling surrounding a deal with the Chicago White Sox that would potentially send Mark Teahen packing.A In return, the Royals are purported to be receiving second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman Josh Fields.

White Sox trade Getz, Fields to K.C. for Teahen. The Chicago White Sox have agreed to trade second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman Josh Fields to the Kansas City Royals for Mark Teahen , according to the New York Daily News.

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 ...

Mark Kotsay certainly could have been worse after coming to the Sox in July. When the White Sox traded Brian Anderson for a recently-DFA'd Mark Kotsay July 28, I noted that Kotsay was actually a slight offensive downgrade from Josh Fields at the time.

On Tuesday, T he Sporting News named Gordon Beckham of the Chicago White Sox its American League Rookie of the Year.

Welcome back - good luck this year! The Giants and Dodgers still seem to be the best opportunity to find a fit to move Joe Crede.

Outside Stephen Strasburg, no player comes into the Arizona Fall League with the combination of pro baseball expectations and lack of pro experience as the Mariners' own Dustin Ackley.