35-year old righty swinging Jermaine Dye has really found a home in Chicago. Dye played in 154 games for the White Sox last season and he was 172 for 590 (.292 avg, .885 OPS) with 96 runs scored, 34 homers and 96 RBIs. Dye only made 1 error in RF last season in 151 games but he showed pretty poor range. The White Sox won’t care about Dye’s defense as long as he continues to hit and there’s no reason to think he won’t in 2009.

30-year old righty swinging Michael Restovich could make the White Sox as a backup corner outfielder. He played in 15 games for the Nationals last season and was 4 for 28 (.143 avg, .351 OPS) with 1 RBI. Restovich also played in 97 games in AAA-ball last season in which he was 96 for 356 (.270 avg, .835 OPS) with 42 runs scored, 20 homers and 58 RBIs.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE 2009 SEASON: B

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-

26-year old righty swinging LF Carlos Quentin could have won the MVP Award last season if he didn’t injure himself after a strikeout. He played in 130 games for the White Sox last season and he was 138 for 480 (.288 avg, .965 OPS) with 96 runs scored, 36 homers, 100 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. The sky is the limit for him in 2009. Quentin played in 130 games in LF for the White Sox last season and he made 7 errors while showing below average range. The White Sox likely won’t be concerned much with Quentin’s mitt as long as he keeps raking in 2009.

26-year old lefty swinging Josh Kroeger will likely be Quentin’s backup in 2009. He played in 123 games in AAA-ball last year in which he was 132 fro 430 (.307 avg, .887 OPS) with 73 runs scored, 15 homers, 69 RBIs and 12 stolen bases.

DeWayne Wise will be starting more than half the time in CF this season for the White Sox but he can also handle LF on defense. Wise played in 24 games in LF last season for the White Sox and he made 2 errors there while showing above average range.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE 2009 SEASON: A-