I think a lot like White Sox’ GM Kenny Williams. I also love the line from the AC/DC song “Have a Drink On Me” when singer Brian Johnson howls “Don’t worry about tomorrow, take it today!” With that in mind I would start pushing chips to the middle of the table. The White Sox need a big bat so with that in mind I would trade 3B/1B Dayan Viciedo, righty starting pitcher Carlos Torres and outfielder Jose Martinez to the Brewers for Corey Hart. Hart would then become the full time RF for the White Sox opening up DH for Carlos Quentin. I wouldn’t stop there though as I would call up the Orioles and offer them outfielders Jordan Danks and John Shelby & righty starting pitcher Jeff Marquez to them for righty starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie. He has been very effective this season despite his numbers and getting out of Baltimore would help his confidence. I would then set my sites on lefty reliever Scott Downs of the Blue Jays. Starting pitcher Jhonny Nunez and OF/1B Christian Marrero would likely be enough to seal the deal. If the White Sox could add Corey Hart, Jeremy Guthrie and Scott Downs to the team they would be incredibly hard to beat.

The White Sox considered trading A.J. Pierzynski before both he and the White Sox got hot. They figured that 24-year old righty swinging catcher Tyler Flowers was ready for the show as he was playing well at the time. But he has not played well lately. Flowers has played in 73 games in AAA-ball this year and he is 59 of 257 (.230 avg, .812 OPS) with 36 runs scored, 16 homers and 48 RBIs. He has also whiffed 97 times this season which is way too many. With the White Sox back in the hunt don’t look for Flowers to get a chance at the show until September when rosters expand if A.J. Pierzynski and Ramon Castro stay healthy. Flowers could even turn into prime trade bait as White Sox’ GM Kenny Williams is never scared of trading top prospects when he is in a pennant race.

23-year old lefty swinging outfielder Jordan Danks was the White Sox’ #5 prospect heading into this season according to Baseball America. Danks has played in 75 games in AAA-ball so far this season and he is 69 of 284 (.243 avg, .680 OPS) with 41 runs scored, 4 homers, 27 RBIs and 13 stolen bases. He has now played in 188 games in his three years in the minors and he is 189 of 726 (.260 avg, .746 OPS) with 126 runs scored, 15 homers, 75 RBIs and 26 stolen bases. If Jordan wants to play with his brother on the White Sox he needs to pick up the pace soon.

The White Sox have sent 28-year old righty swinging catcher Jared Price to the A’s likely for a bucket of baseballs. Price played in 35 games in AA-ball this year and he was 20 of 102 (.196 avg, .591 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 3 homers and 5 RBIs. He also whiffed 39 times while only walking 9 times this year showing an utter lack of plate discipline. The White Sox won’t miss Price at all.

UPDATE: (6/28/2010) - The A’s have sent 25-year old righty swinging 2B/SS Michael Richard to complete this trade. Richard has played in 42 games in A+AA-ball this season and he is 26 of 125 (.208 avg, .533 OPS) with 14 runs scored, 7 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. He has now played in 283 games in his four years in the minors and he is 275 of 1,016 (.271 avg, .690 OPS) with 171 runs scored, 4 homers, 91 RBIs and 87 stolen bases. The White Sox got by far the better end of this trade.

The White Sox have signed 28-year old lefty swinging 2B/SS Fernando Cortez to a minor league deal. He’s off to a good start for the Pale Hose in AA ball as he has played in 6 games in which he is 10 of 24 (.417 avg, .917 OPS) with 1 run scored, 4 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Cortez last played in the majors in 2007 with the Royals. He has played in 16 games in his major league career and he is 5 of 27 (.185 avg, .464 OPS) with 3 runs scored and 2 RBIs. It never hurts to have guys like Cortez in the minors for depth reasons so this was a good signing for the White Sox.