White Sox Re-Sign Ramon Castro

The White Sox re-signed catcher Ramon Castro to a one-year, $1MM deal with a club option for 2011, writes Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.  Castro, 34 in March, was traded with cash by the Mets to the White Sox in May of '09 for Lance Broadway.  Castro hit .219/.292/.406 in 171 plate appearances on the season, catching about 400 innings.  A December 14th report that Castro signed with the Blue Jays proved to be inaccurate.  The Padres were another club known to be interested in Castro.  The backup catcher market still includes Brad Ausmus, Jose Molina, and Mike Redmond. The White Sox have added over $29MM in new contracts this winter, acquiring/re-signing Mark Teahen, Juan Pierre, J.J. Putz, Mark Kotsay, Omar Vizquel, Freddy Garcia, Castro, Andruw Jones, and others.