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12/07/2005 4:26 PM ET
White Sox decline to offer arbitration to free agents
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CHICAGO - The Chicago White Sox have declined to offer salary arbitration to free agents Raul Casanova, Carl Everett and Frank Thomas.
Casanova, 33, hit .265 (62-233) with 13 home runs and 42 RBI in 70 games with Class AAA Charlotte last season. He appeared in six games with the White Sox in 2005, going 1-5 (.200).
Everett, 34, batted .251 (123-490) with 23 home runs and 87 RBI with the Sox in 2005. He ranked second on the club in RBI and third in home runs. Everett, a switch-hitter, is a career .277 (1,234-4,501) hitter with 191 home runs and 759 RBI over 13 major-league seasons.
Thomas, 37, hit .219 (23-105) with 12 home runs and 26 RBI in 34 games with the White Sox. He opened the season on the disabled list while recovering from offseason surgery on his left ankle. Thomas made his season debut on May 31 but was placed on the disabled list again on July 21 with a second fracture in the left ankle and missed the rest of the season.
Thomas, the White Sox all-time leader in virtually every offensive category, is a career .307 (2,136-6,959) hitter with 448 home runs and 1,465 RBI in 1,959 career games. The two-time Most Valuable Player ranks 17th in major-league history in walks (1,466), 29th in home runs, tied for 45th in extra-base hits (906), 47th in RBI and 73rd in total bases (3,949).
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