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The Chicago White Sox bought out Frank Thomas for $3.5 million, making one of the greatest hitters to ever lace up his cleats on the South Side a free agent.

We all know Thomas has been less then durable the last few years, so the decision doesn’t come as a surpise. In three of the last five seasons, Frank Thomas wasn’t even able to make it to the 80 game mark, although one of those seasons (2003) was also an MVP caliber season. However, I think some team is going to pick him up and use him as a DH. You don’t find too many players with a career OPS of .995 who also has more walks then he does strikeouts.

Best case scenario is the Sox get him back. You figure to make it worth it, they’d have to sign him for less then $6.5 million. They had an option for $10 million, and they’ve already spent $3.5 on the buy out.

Chris Widger, the Sox backup catcher, agreed to terms with the Sox. He’ll be making $650,000 next year.