Andrew Bagnato

White Sox outfielder Dan Pasqua avoided salary arbitration Monday by signing a one-year contract worth $800,000, one day before a scheduled arbitration hearing. Pasqua, 29, had been seeking $920,000, or...

A year ago, players balked at owners` efforts to tie salaries to statistics. The proposal, informally called pay-for-performance, drew mostly scorn from the players union, which contended that stats can...

White Sox pitcher Melido Perez is scheduled to pitch Saturday night in the finals of the Caribbean World Series in Miami. Perez helped the team from his native Dominican Republic...

Mitch Williams has heard that his name has popped up in trade talks. ''Dickie Noles (one-time Cub pitcher) called me from Philly and said the paper there said I`m being...

As the Cubs closed in on the signing of George Bell Tuesday night, Shawon Dunston wondered if their bank account is big enough for him, Bell and Danny Jackson. Sources...

Every team in the National League needs something, and here`s a capsule glimpse at each team`s goals during this week`s Winter Meetings. East Division Montreal: Dennis Martinez is likely to...

The Cubs refused Tuesday to offer Tom Browning a guaranteed five-year contract, and the free-agent pitcher apparently refused to accept anything less. Those two factors made it seem unlikely that...

The Cubs on Thursday sold Marvell Wynne to Japan`s Hanshin Tigers for an undisclosed sum. Wynne became the second Cub in as many winters to go to Japan. He follows...

Joe Nossek confirmed speculation Wednesday he is a candidate for the White Sox`s general manager job if Oakland scout Ron Schueler declines it. Nossek, the Sox`s eye-in-the-sky scout, was considered...

The White Sox`s amazing turnaround earned the club new respect. On Wednesday, it earned manager Jeff Torborg a national award. The second-year skipper was named Manager of the Year by...