Chicago White Sox: Dayan Viciedo Will Now Get His Chance

Some have waited patiently, others have pleaded all summer. Either way, Chicago White Sox fans have been anticipating the arrival of prospect Dayan Viciedo to the major leagues.

The wait is over. The mighty Viciedo is here.

The Chicago White Sox—in third place in the American League Central division, seven games behind Detroit—placed injured right fielder Carlos Quentin on the disabled list and called up the 22-year-old slugger.

"Now he's coming in town," Guillen said to reporters Friday night, tongue planted firmly in cheek. "We're in the pennant race."

Viciedo will likely be in uniform and make his 2011 debut Saturday night in Seattle, where the White Sox won the series opener, 4-2. Now just where will that be?

Over the course of the year, Viciedo has been the name suggested to fix several Chicago deficiencies. He has been penciled in by fans at third base, the corner outfield spots and first base, as well as the DH.

Quentin is out of the picture in right, of course, and Viciedo was primarily a right fielder in Triple-A Charlotte this season. However, he could see some time at first as well.

This would help remove Adam Dunn's anemic bat from the lineup until Paul Konerko can return to play the field, whenever that may be.

Viciedo played at first as well as third at times during his call-up last fall, where he hit .308 in 38 games. He moved to the outfield this spring and might have made the team opening day if he hadn't broken his thumb in spring training.

Viciedo opened the season in Charlotte on fire, hitting .330 with 16 homers in the first half. Some issues with the thumb and a cooling off in July slowed him down, but he has found his stroke in the last week or so and was hitting .297 with 20 home runs before his recall.

We've all been clamoring for his addition to the club. Now, after all the speculation of how Viciedo's bat would impact the club, we are finally going to see something happen on the field.

Will he be the offensive jolt the team needed all along this season? Will any contributions be too late to make a run at the Tigers? Can he completely replace Quentin in the clean-up spot?

Starting Saturday until the season ends, we can finally look to Viciedo's play on the field for those answers.