Hot Offseason Action: Chicago White Sox

Acquisitions: Adam Dunn, Jesse Crain, Will Ohman, Kyle Cofield Notable losses: Bobby Jenks, J.J. Putz, Freddy Garcia, Scott Linebrink, Manny Ramirez, Andruw Jones, Mark Kotsay, Randy Williams, Carlos Torres, Erick Threets Dunn's up! Starring line-up 1.Juan Pierre LF 2. Gordon Beckham 2B 3. Adam Dunn DH 4. Paul Konerko 1B 5. Alex Rios CF 6. Carlos Quentin RF 7. A.J. Pierzynski C 8. Alexei Ramirez SS 9. Brent Morel 3B Rotation LH Mark Buehrle RH Gavin Floyd LH John Danks RH Edwin Jackson RH Lucas Harrell /RH Jake Peavy CL LH Matt Thornton The White Sox lost to the Athletics Monday night in a matter of minutes after having led the entire game. The culprit, as was the case in their one loss against the Rays last week, was shoddy defense and a shaky closer. In a nutshell, those are the two areas the Sox failed to improve on par with the rest of the team in the offseason. And granted the ChiSox did improve, but after a week or so it’s become clear those two areas may need to be ...