Kenny Williams Laying Down the Direction of White Sox

[Backtobanks]

The bottom line is that Williams needs to trade Buerhle. Obviously, a sign and trade would be better. The White Sox have no hope of being better than a 3rd or 4th place team in the forseeable future and have a weak minor league system. It would be great to keep Buerhle, but he is their biggest trading chip. Nobody is going to give anything of value for Contreras, Dye, Iguachi, Vasquez (because of contract), or Konerko. Crede should have been traded last year and now has the same trade value of Wood and Prior. Finally, Reinsdorf won't spend the money in the free agent market to make any sudden impact in the direction they are headed. Trading Buerhle et al. would at least give some hope for 2009-2010.