Paulie, Paulie ...

The White Sox re-signed their own free agent Paul Konerko today to a three-year deal worth a total of $37.5M.  Paulie gets $12M in 2011 and in 2012, $6.5M in 2013, and seven years of deferred payments of $1M per year starting in 2014.

Great news as far as I'm concerned.  The meat of the order is going to feature Alex Rios, Konerko, newly signed Adam Dunn, and Carlos Quentin, who hit 21, 39, 38, and 26 home runs, respectively, in 2010.  As discussed previously, Dunn means Konerko is going to see better pitches to hit, which likely means that Rios will too.  With all those better pitches, that should mean more men on base for Q to drive in.  It should be a pretty tough lineup to pitch to.

Now, if Kenny can just get some bullpen help ....  Go Sox!