White Sox sellers?

Joe Cowley wonders how much time before Kenny Williams shifts gears from buyers to sellers. Everything we have heard up until now points to the White Sox being aggressive in pursuing a pitcher. However, if the losses pile up and Carlos Quentin is out for an extended period of time, could all bets be off? Williams gives out a warning himself.

Sox general manager Ken Williams always has a plan. But in the midst of eight losses through the first 11 games in June, some people might not like the latest one.”Hard decisions always have to be made, but very clearly, we are in a transitional phase and if this team doesn’t pick it up at some point, I’m going to have to do some things that maybe aren’t the most popular, but in the best interest of the club,” Williams said.

Translation: Kaboom — time to blow it up.

That means the likes of Jermaine Dye, Octavio Dotel and perhaps Bobby Jenks could be elsewhere before the trade deadline at the end of July.

Adding a big-name superstar, as the Sox tried to do in mid-May with San Diego Padres ace Jake Peavy, doesn’t sound like much of an option at this point.

”Fortunately, we have so much depth that we don’t automatically have to look outside the organization to feel like we can have improvement,” Williams said. ”But facts are facts. We are trying to win, and we are trying to transition to a team with more speed, better defense, across the board smarter.

”There are some growing pains that are associated with that. I just hope that the learning curve is somewhat quicker so that would allow me to get some sleep at night.”

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