Orlando Cabrera Signs with Oakland

The last domino of interest in the White Sox's off-season finally hit the floor today. Orlando Cabrera has signed a 1-year, $4 million deal to become the A's shortstop. This means the Sox will get the A's 2nd round pick in June's Draft, as well as a supplemental round pick. Hilariously, the $4 million Cabrera nabbed would have at least been doubled had he accepted arbitration from the White Sox. I know Ozzie threatened that Cabrera would be warming the bench if he accepted (which I still find hard to believe), but I can think of worse fates than getting paid $8 million to sit and watch free baseball games all summer while you live in Chicago.

Though this isn't the ideal situation for the Sox, who won't be getting a second first-round pick, at least it's better than the "sign and trade" deal the Sox were supposedly tossing around with the Blue Jays as late as yesterday. Whatever. Cabrera's signed and we can all move on from this mess.

On an unrelated note, "38 Players in 38 Days" resumes tonight with DJ Carrasco. I hadn't originally planned on skipping Sunday, but I was out of town this weekend and didn't have time to write. If anyone's playing along at home, just skip March 1, and restart the rest of the roster today for the complete schedule.

White Sox Programming Scheduled on MLB Network for March

MLB Network will provide coverage of several Spring Training and World Baseball Classic games during March, however, they haven't really announced which ones yet, so check back later. If the Sox are ever scheduled for a game on the network, I'll obviously add it to this post. As for the WBC, with Cole Armstrong declining an invite from the Canadian team, that leaves Matt Thornton and AJ Pierzynski, both who would play for Team USA, as the only active Sox players still interested in playing (and I'm not even sure if Pierzynski will get chosen for the team's final 28-man roster).

Anyways, as we turn the page to March, the only Sox-centric programming is the Sox's installment of MLB Network's "30 Clubs in 30 Days" series, in which they visit one team per day at Spring Training. Be patient, Sox fans, we're the last team covered (conspiracy!)

March 21

7:00 PM - 30 Clubs in 30 Days: White Sox from Glendale, AZ

10:00 PM - 30 Clubs in 30 Days: White Sox from Glendale, AZ

March 22

12:30 AM - 30 Clubs in 30 Days: White Sox from Glendale, AZ
6:00 AM - 30 Clubs in 30 Days: White Sox from Glendale, AZ

8:30 AM - 30 Clubs in 30 Days: White Sox from Glendale, AZ

11:00 AM - 30 Clubs in 30 Days: White Sox from Glendale, AZ

You can find MLB Network's entire programming lineup here.