The White Sox have signed 29-year old lefty swinging SS/2B Freddie Bynum to a minor league deal. Bynum played in 73 games in Rookie+AA+AAA ball last season and he was 62 for 245 (.253 avg, .631 OPS) with 32 runs scored, 3 homers, 17 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. He has also played in 188 games in his 4 years in the majors and he is 82 for 351 (.234 avg, .654 OPS) with 54 runs scored, 6 homers, 32 RBIs and 18 stolen bases. The White Sox will likely stash Bynum in AAA at the start of the year.

UPDATE: The White Sox have released Freddie Bynum so that he can pursue a career in Japan. This is no loss for the White Sox.

The White Sox have signed 29-year old righty swinging outfielder T.J. Bohn to a minor league deal. Bohn has played in 32 games in his major league career and he is 4 for 19 (.211 avg, .707 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 1 homer and 5 RBIs. He has also played in 736 games in his minor league career (seven years) and he is 711 for 2,633 (.270 avg, .758 OPS) with 385 runs scored, 59 homers, 316 RBIs and 100 stolen bases. He is a longshot to make the White Sox but he will give them organizational depth likely starting the year in AAA.

The White Sox decided not to tender a contract to 32-year old righty reliever D.J. Carrasco making him a free agent. Carrasco pitched in 49 games (1 start) for the White Sox last season and he was 5-1 with a 3.76 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. He worked a stunning 93 1/3 innings for the White Sox mostly in relief last season as he was a life saver for the pitching staff. He pitched two years for the Pale Hose working in 80 games (1 start) in which he was 6-1 with a 3.82 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP. This was a money decision by the White Sox but all of those solid innings Carrasco pitched for them out of the pen will be hard to replace.

The White Sox have signed 32-year old righty reliever J.J. Putz to a 1-year, $3 million dollar deal. The deal also has incentives that could be worth up to $3.25 million based on games finished which means that Bobby Jenks time in Chicago could be nearing a end. Putz pitched in 29 games (0 starts) for the Mets last season and he was 1-4 with 2 saves, a 5.22 ERA and a 1.64 WHIP. Putz has now pitched in 337 games (0 starts) in his major league career and he is 23-19 with 103 saves, a 3.24 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP. Putz has only allowed 299 hits in 352 1/3 career innings in the majors while whiffing 356 batters showing how good his stuff is when he is right health wise. This was a good signing for the White Sox.

It’s no mystery that the White Sox would like to move Bobby Jenks next week if they can get value for him. The White Sox could use a DH or a legit CF or RF. Coco Crisp, Randy Winn or Xavier Nady are probably the kind of guys the White Sox will look at in the outfield. Hideki Matsui would be a great idea for the Pale Hose to sign as the DH but they will also likely consider bringing back Jim Thome to fill that role. The White Sox look like they will have a great starting rotation and a decent bullpen even if they move Jenks so they need to make sure they bring in a couple of more decent bats.