Thome gone to Sox

I was torn on the idea of bringing Jim Thome to Seattle. While I have no idea if Thome would even be willing to play in the Emerald City, it seemed like something worth checking on.

Now that he is off the market, the only real question is how much money is changing hands. We should know in the next 24 hours.

If the White Sox are only paying $5-6 mil per season, this is a good gamble by Williams. If the Phillies are only paying a small portion of his salary, then you have to be rejoicing if you are a Phillies fan, and crying as a White Sox fan. Surely Williams wouldn't trade for an aging, injury prone slugger and end up paying him what it would take to keep Konerko, right?

This gamble depends on the dollars, but regardless it means one less bat for the M's to pursue via trade. Hopefully Bavasi either looked into this and didn't like what he saw, or has another bat targeted.

Who that could be is open to speculation, but the list will only grow shorter as the trading season progresses.

Big bat coming to Seattle? Seems less likely by the day.