Dye makes it through another round of trade rumors
MINNEAPOLIS - The White Sox traded Jim Thome and Jose Contreras late Monday night, just before the Sept. 1 deadline for postseason eligibility.
Jermaine Dye heard all the rumors that he was going to be moved as well, with the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles being the likely destinations.
As it turned out, Dye is staying put with the Sox, at least until the end of the season.
"I don't worry about it until I'm told," said Dye, who is batting just .176 since the all-star break after batting .302 in the first half. "If it was me, I'd just go wherever and play hard for the last month."
It's been a rough five months for the White Sox, with one more to go.
"It's been a crazy season for us, up and down," Dye said. "We haven't really been hot, hot, hot.
"Right now we're going through a spurt where we're playing tough teams, and it's the wrong time of the season to be playing the teams that we're playing and be going through a slump."
Flowers power: The White Sox added catcher Tyler Flowers, starting pitcher Carlos Torres and third baseman Josh Fields from Class AAA Charlotte on Tuesday, the day 25-man rosters were eligible to expand.
Torres is going to start Thursday's makeup game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
The Sox also activated second baseman Chris Getz and outfielder Dewayne Wise off the disabled list.
Flowers, the key player acquired from the Atlanta Braves in the Javier Vazquez trade, batted a combined .297 with 15 home runs and 56 RBI in 108 games with Class AA Birmingham and AAA Charlotte.
The 23-year-old Flowers isn't expected to play much during the final month, not that it matters.
"I don't know what the plan is," Flowers said with a laugh. "I'm here, I'm going to enjoy my time, (and) I'm definitely going to be ready to play. I don't know when I'm going to play or if I'm going to play, but I'm going to be ready."
Peavy watch: Manager Ozzie Guillen said he has no idea when Jake Peavy might be able to pitch.
Guillen also said Peavy could be shut down if the White Sox fall too much further out of the race.
"Believe me, if we fall more and I don't think deep inside my heart and my guts that we have a chance, I will tell Kenny (Williams) and Coop (pitching coach Don Cooper) to just shut him down and wait for next year," Guillen said. "I am honest with myself."
End of the line: The White Sox play their final game in the Metrodome on Wednesday afternoon.
"The stadium is very bad, it's one of the worst stadiums in the game," Ozzie Guillen said. "I don't like it. I hate Wrigley Field more, though, just make that clear, but this ballpark has great memories for them, not so good for us."