Will this year be A.J. Pierzynski's White Sox swan song?

Cowley:

Tyler Flowers is Williams’ latest golden boy. He’s a hit-first, ask-questions-later offensive catcher who was acquired in the trade that sent Javier Vazquez to the Atlanta Braves in 2008.

Flowers just turned 24. Do the math.

”I can’t, and never will, allow too much sentiment to come into play,” Williams said of the idea of Pierzynski’s departure. ”I can’t. I’m probably the only person around here that can’t allow that to happen. Otherwise, we’re not going to turn over enough to keep ourselves a contender each year. If it makes sense, yeah, we’ll travel down that road. Until then, it’s just another thing on the to-do list.” …

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