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.