Be Careful What You Wish For

The White Sox claimed two-time All-Star Alex Rios on waivers today.  The Blue Jays placed him on waivers last week.  The Sox now find themselves with four starting outfielders and must assume the remainder of his contract which is due to be close to $60 million from 2010 to 2014. 

So this must mean that either Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome or Scott Podsednik will not be around next season.  Or maybe they are getting ready for an extended outage of Carlos Quentin due to the foot injury that has side lined him most of this season.

I really don't know what their thinking is other than to win this season.  They have Jake Peavy starting his first rehab assignment tomorrow.  Now they acquire Rios.  We'll likely hear from Kenny Williams tomorrow when it is official.