Two More Years of Crede

The White Sox have avoided arbitration with Joe Crede by offering him a one year deal worth $4.94 million. Crede will not be a free agent until 2008, and Rick Hahn says that it is not out of the question that he could be around even longer. Hahn said, "Too much has been made of [Crede being gone after next season]. A lot of the speculation is premature."