Jim Thome open to returning to White Sox

Sporting News staff reports Though he was traded from the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers in late August, Jim Thome told the Chicago Sun-Times he "would still love to come back" to Chicago. Thome, 39, will be a free agent after this season, and a return to the AL is likely because he can contribute as an everyday player only as a DH. The Dodgers have used him exclusively as a pinch hitter. If the White Sox opt not to bring him back, the newspaper speculated he could be a fit with the Minnesota Twins.