I'm Psychic

Well, it took just one day after I made my last post for the Sox to sign Dunn. I love the signing, especially if his time in the field is minimal. This is where my only problem lies. If Dunn is DHing, that leaves Quentin in RF for another season. If we keep Quentin I would much prefer him to stay away from RF, but with both Dunn and Quentin on the roster, that likely won't happen. So here's my next prediction... we sign Konerko and trade Quentin to the Orioles. I predicted this before, and I think it's even more likely now. The O's have missed out on Victor Martinez, Dunn, and if we sign Konerko you can add him to the list. Fact is, guys just don't want to sign there unless they have no other options. They're going to have to suck it up and acquire someone via trade. I'm not sure what the return would be, but I predicted before it's Luke Scott so I'll stick with that (although I think something along the lines of Felix Pie and Chris Tillman is more likely).

I don't really have much more to say about the signing other than it probably happened because of my post.

Word of the Sox re-signing Pierzynski quickly followed Dunn (which was odd because he went from signing with the Jays to signing with the White Sox in the span of a couple hours) and I have no problem with this either. It's a tad boring, but hard to hate at 2Y/8MM. The Sox are only paying AJ $2MM in 2011 with hopes of having enough money to bring Paulie back, and if they're that strapped for cash in 2011, something has to give. They just traded away Linebrink in a salary dump, which frees up some money, but also depletes an already thin bullpen. We have some internal options there (Infante, Nunez, Santeliz) but nobody that can really be counted on. If the Sox re-sign Konerko, someone will need to be traded. My guess is Quentin, which I talked about already.

Anyways, nice signing. Good to finally see the ball rolling. Nobody seemed to make much of this, but Ken Rosenthal said he's heard the Sox are also involved in advanced trade discussions so there could very well be more coming soon. Like Kenny said, the Sox are "all in" for 2011.