A sleeper to watch in all of this is Dewon Day, who was called up for a few weeks in 2007. Day has electric stuff but has had control issues. If he can develop any sort of control, he could be a nice surprise out of the bullpen next year.

5. Remember that last season was an anomaly.

2007 was one of the worst offensive seasons the White Sox have ever had, but there's reason to believe this won't happen again—the track records of Paul Konerko, Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, and A.J. Pierzynski.

All of these players saw their batting average, home run, and RBI numbers take significant hits from 2006 to 2007.  I firmly believe they'll bounce back and return to their career averages in 2008.

Here's a quick rundown of what I would like the team to look like next year:

C-A.J. Pierzynski

1B-Paul Konerko

2B-Luis Castillo

3B-Josh Fields

SS-Juan Uribe

LF-Jerry Owens

CF-Torii Hunter

RF-Jermaine Dye

DH-Jim Thome

Utility-Pablo Ozuna

Utility-Andy Gonzalez

Backup C-Toby Hall 

Backup OF-Marlon Anderson

#1 Starter-Mark Buehrle

#2 Starter-Javier Vazquez

#3 Starter-Jose Contreras

#4 and #5 starters-Any two of John Danks, Gavin Floyd, Lance Broadway,  Charlie Haeger, Gio Gonzalez, and possibly a prospect or two from a Garland or Crede trade

Closer-Bobby Jenks

RHP-Linebrink/Wood/Timlin

RHP-Ehren Wasserman

RHP-Luis Vizcaino/Roberto Hernandez

RHP-Dewon Day/Adam Russell/loser of one of the starter spots 

LHP-Matt Thornton

LHP-Boone Logan

That's my dream scenario. The batting order would likely look like this:

1. Castillo

2. Fields

3. Thome

4. Konerko

5. Hunter

6. Dye

7. Pierzynski

8. Uribe

9. Owens

I'd take my chances with that lineup and rotation any day—assuming Danks/Floyd/etc. improve in the offseason. 

Now, do I think all of this will happen?

That's pretty unlikely.

More than likely, the Sox will get outbid by somebody for Torii Hunter, but I don't think that'll stop Kenny Williams from signing a big-name free agent or making a big trade.

Either way, it's going to be a very interesting offseason.

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