Two players -- pitchers Jim Parque, and Todd Ritchie, -- remain eligible for salary arbitration. The White Sox have until Dec. 7 to offer players arbitration. If clubs do not offer arbitration to eligible players, they lose their rights to sign the free agents until May 1, 2003.
Players already signed for the 2003 season and beyond are noted below. The Sox retain rights to those players not yet signed for 2003. Thomas is not officially on the roster because of his status as a conditional free agent.
The White Sox 40-man roster includes the following players. Those players signed for 2003 and beyond are noted. The club retains the rights to players not yet signed for 2003.
Pitchers (24): Jon Adkins, Edwin Almonte, Rocky Biddle, Mark Buehrle, Felix Diaz, Keith Foulke (2003), Jon Garland, Matt Ginter, Gary Glover, Delvis Lantigua, Corwin Malone, Damaso Marte, Arnie Munoz, Antonio Osuna (2003), Jim Parque, Mike Porzio, Jon Rauch, Todd Ritchie, David Sanders, Josh Stewart, Joe Valentine, Brian West, Dan Wright, Kelly Wunsch
Catchers (3): Mark Johnson (2003), Miguel Olivo, Josh Paul
Infielders (9): Joe Crede, Jason Dellaero, Tony Graffanino (2003), Willie Harris, Tim Hummell, D'Angelo Jimenez, Paul Konerko (2005), Jeff Liefer, Jose Valentin (2003)
Outfielders (4): Joe Borchard, Carlos Lee (2003), Magglio Ordonez (2004), Aaron Rowand