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Projected Lineup (2003 stats) Pos. Player Avg. HR RBI SB 2B Willie Harris .204 0 5 12 SS Jose Valentin .237 28 74 8 DH Frank Thomas .267 42 105 0 RF Magglio Ordonez .317 29 99 9 LF Carlos Lee .291 31 113 18 1B Paul Konerko .234 18 65 0 3B Joe Crede .261 19 75 1 CF Aaron Rowand .287 6 24 0 C Miguel Olivo .237 6 27 6 Projected Rotation (2003 stats) H Player W-L ERA WHIP LH Mark Buehrle 14-14 4.14 1.35 RH Esteban Loaiza 21-9 2.90 1.11 RH Jon Garland 12-13 4.51 1.37 LH Scott Schoeneweis 3-2 4.18 1.27 RH Dan Wright 1-7 6.15 1.59 FANTASY BASEBALL Sign up Today! • NEW! Baseball Commissioner Full service league management tool. $99.95 per league • NEW! Fantasy Baseball Conquer your league and take home the pennant. $19.95 per team • NEW! Salary Cap Challenge Select your dream team with a $75 million budget. $9.95 per team

Former star shortstop Ozzie Guillen is at the helm, and the home run happy and underachieving White Sox are either on the verge of contending for a division title or being completely ripped apart.

A close call, but the consistency of Magglio Ordonez edges the potential of Carlos Lee. Lee had a stronger 2003 season, but Ordonez has five-year averages of 32 home runs, 118 RBIs, 14 steals, 102 runs scored and a .312 batting average. Ordonez was caught up in trade rumors all offseason, but he should stay in right field at U.S. Cellular for the duration of 2004.

His defense is suspect and he hasn't hit over .260 since 2000, but Jose Valentin keeps swatting home runs (28 in '03). This year for defensive purposes, however, the switch hitter will find himself in a platoon. He'll sit while Jose Uribe plays against lefties. Valentin hit only .131 against southpaws last year, so his average should rise. But fewer at-bats will mean fewer home runs.

Center field. Aaron Rowand is the favorite in center after an incredible spring but he'll have keep it up during the season to fend off challenges from former Stanford quarterback Joe Borchard, 25 -- who hit a disappointing .184 when given a chance last season -- and rookie Jeremy Reed, 23, who batted .409 in 66 games for Class AA Birmingham. Willie Harris will also see some innings in center.

Keep an eye on Reed's progress. Should he make the big-league squad, he'd be a huge sleeper pick. The Long Beach State star stole 45 total bases while splitting time between Class A Winston-Salem and Class AA last season. Among Chicago's more known quantities, second baseman Willie Harris has an everyday job and 30-steal potential.

Last season Koch lost his fastball and ended up buried behind lefty Damaso Marte, who earned 11 saves, and Tom Gordon, who is now with the Yankees. Should Koch's problems resurface, hard-throwing righty Cliff Politte could join Marte and also see some save chances.

Like Ordonez, Frank Thomas' name was bandied about in offseason trade rumors. Unlike Ordonez, it wouldn't be surprising to see The Big Hurt traded this spring if Chicago gets the right offer. Los Angeles, which is in the market for a right-handed, power-hitting first baseman and has a surplus of good starting pitchers, could be a suitor -- which would be devastating to fantasy players in AL-only leagues.

Mark Buehrle, Joe Crede, Paul Konerko

Sandy Alomar Jr., Scott Schoeneweis, Juan Uribe