Mark Buehrle and Juan Pierre are the Sox remainining Type-B free agents [UPDATE]

MLBTR:

If a Type B free agent turns down an arbitration offer and signs a Major League deal elsewhere the losing team gets one draft pick in the supplemental round, and it doesn’t come from the new team.  Keep in mind that an arbitration offer is necessary for draft pick compensation. …

Type B

• Mark Buehrle, White Sox – 68.508
• Juan Pierre, White Sox – 61.233
• Jason Frasor, White Sox – 60.976 (club option)

Frasor’s 2012 option was picked up.

UPDATE: Rosenthal would be surprised if Buehrle leaves the Sox:

“Buehrle is a more interesting case because he’s a guy that seemingly does not want to go other than two place, right? Chicago and St. Louis, and St. Louis is effectively closed,” Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports told The Mully and Hanley Show. “Now, there are indications that he may be opening that up, but I’d be surprised if he landed anywhere but the White Sox on a two- or three-year deal. … I’d be surprised if he left.”

Sox pick-up Jason Frasor’s 2012 option [UPDATE]

White Sox pick up $3.75 million option on RHP Jason Frasor—
Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) October 31, 2011

UPDATE: Aaron Gleeman points out Frasor may become trade bait.

Jeff Manto is the new hitting coach

Scott Merkin:

New manager Robin Ventura completed his first White Sox staff with Monday’s hirings of Jeff Manto as the team’s hitting coach, Joe McEwing as third-base coach and Mark Parent as bench coach.

Manto, 47, served as the White Sox Minor League hitting coordinator for the past four years and has great familiarity with some of the younger players who could play featured roles with the 2012 White Sox. Manto was also the Pirates’ hitting coach during the ’06 and ’07 seasons, with Freddy Sanchez leading the National League in hitting via his .344 average in 2006.

I see he saw Jose Bautista‘s success. He didn’t untapped it; he saw it coming.