While the White Sox awaited word on whether free agent Orlando Cabrera would decline their salary arbitration offer, two trade scenarios were shot down Sunday night on the eve of the winter meetings. 

The White Sox learned late Sunday that free-agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera had declined the team's salary arbitration offer. 

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While the big names have yet to sign, there here have been several under-the-radar transactions over the past two weeks worth discussion, writes Tyler Hissey. 

It's about money, not wins and losses, for Scott Boras' clients. 

By Aaron Sharockman 

Leadoff hitters are best identified early and developed at the minor-league level. 

Four winters ago, White Sox general manager Ken Williams heard announcer Ken Harrelson's sales pitch on behalf of abandoned catcher A. 

The Cubs raised prices on most of their seats for the 2009 season while freezing or slightly reducing the cost of others and adding another premium-level tier to the pricing structure. 

As giddy as Ken Williams sounded Thursday over the acquisition of four young players in the Javier Vazquez trade, the general manager rebuffed any suggestions the White Sox are in a rebuilding mode. 

Paging Jermaine Dye, paging Jermaine Dye . 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams knows there will be some work that needs to be done this winter if they want to stay in the penthouse. 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams knows there will be some work that needs to be done this winter if they want to stay in the penthouse. 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams knows there will be some work that needs to be done this winter if they want to stay in the penthouse. 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams knows there will be some work that needs to be done this winter if they want to stay in the penthouse.