White Sox won’t close door on DH

CHICAGO — White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen owes Juan Pierre a debt of gratitude.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has told veteran slugger Jim Thome he won’t be asked to rejoin the team as a designated hitter.

Sporting News staff reports White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen recently called the return of free-agent DH Jim Thome unlikely, but the Chicago Sun-Times reported the team is rethinking the idea.

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North America’s professional baseball league MLB or Major League Baseball is the governing body for both the National League and the American League. The National League existed since 1876 but in the year 2000 the two leagues parted ways, and presently MLB now manages the single league of the US. The MLB consists of 30 teams out of which 29 belong to America and one team is from Canada.

The Chicago White Sox have agreed to a $3.45 million, one-year contract with left-hander John Danks, their final player in arbitration. The 24-year-old Danks was 13-11 with a 3.77 ERA in 32 starts last season while pitching a career-high 200 1-3 innings. Danks was 12-9 in 2008 and 6-13 in 2007, the first season after the White Sox acquired him from Texas.

Former White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye could land backup role with the Cubs.

Source: The Chicago Cubs are interested in former White Sox pitcher Jose Contreras.

Castro will make $800,000 in 2010 and the White Sox have a $1.2 million option for 2011 with a $200,000 buyout. Seeing time as a backup to A.J.