The White Sox have re-signed 33-year old righty swinging catcher Ramon Castro to a 1-year deal worth $1 million bucks with a club option for 2011. Castro played in 31 games for the White Sox last season and he was 14 for 76 (.184 avg, .683 OPS) with 8 runs scored, 4 homers and 12 RBIs. Castro has now played in 507 games in his major league career and he is 290 for 1,243 (.233 avg, .723 OPS) with 131 runs scored, 55 homers and 186 RBIs. Castro should be a decent back-up for A.J. Pierzynski in 2010 as he has some pretty big time random power.

Ozzie Guillen is known more for his managing than his playing but he was a decent shortstop in his time. He played in 1,743 games in his career with the White Sox and he was 1,608 for 6,067 (.265 avg, .625 OPS) with 693 runs scored, 24 homers, 565 RBIs and 163 stolen bases. Guillen was the Rookie of the Year in the American League in 1985. In 1985, he played in 150 games for the White Sox in which he was 134 for 491 (.273 avg, .650 OPS) with 71 runs scored, 1 homer, 33 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. Guillen won one Gold Glove and he made the All-Star time three times with the Pale Hose. Guillen is #7 all-time in hits with the White Sox and he is tied for 10th in runs scored with Fielder Jones. Although he was a slick fielding shortstop and a pesky hitter Guillen’s biggest contribution in White Sox’ history has been as the manager of the team. He was the Manager of the Year in the American League in 2005 when he led the Chicago White Sox to the World Series where they became World Champs. He has been the manager of the Pale Hose for six years now and he is 512-461 (52.6%). It is always fun to watch Guillen erupt when things don’t go his way but he usually makes his point.

The White Sox have made some changes which will result in them having likely less power but more speed in 2010. This is the way the line-up would look if the season started next week:

C-A.J. Pierzynski
1B-Paul Konerko
2B-Gordon Beckham
SS-Alexei Ramirez
3B-Mark Teahan
LF-Juan Pierre
CF-Alex Rios
RF-Andruw Jones/Mark Kotsay
DH-Carlos Quentin

I think the White Sox would be fine to go into next season with this line-up but I have a feeling that they will go shopping for a DH. That would likely move Quentin to LF, Pierre to CF and Rios to RF. While Jim Thome would like to come back to the White Sox they might be able to get a deal on another player with spring training just a month away from starting. Vladimir Guerrero, Johnny Damon, Jack Cust, Hank Blalock, Carlos Delgado or Aubrey Huff are the players the White Sox are probably looking at right now.