The Chicago White Sox will platoon 31-year old lefty swinging DeWayne Wise and 27-year old righty swinging Brian Anderson in CF. Wise played in 57 games for the White Sox last year and he was 32 for 129 (.248 avg, .743 OPS) with 20 runs scored, 6 homers, 18 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. Wise didn’t make any errors in 23 games in CF for the White Sox last season while showing below average range.

Brian Anderson will start against lefty pitchers this season. Anderson played in 109 games for the White Sox last season and he was 42 for 181 (.232 avg, .708 OPS) with 24 runs scored, 8 homers, 26 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. He played in 94 games in CF last season for the White Sox and he didn’t make any errors while showing poor range.

28-year old lefty swinging Jerry Owens might get another chance at some point in 2009. Owens played in 12 games for the White Sox last season and he was 4 for 16 (.250 avg, .500 OPS) with 1 run scored, 1 RBI and 2 stolen bases. He also played in 89 games in AAA-ball last season in which he was 97 for 351 (.276 avg, .662 OPS) with 39 runs scored, 1 homer, 21 RBIs and 30 stolen bases.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE 2009 SEASON: D-