Phil Rogers has been in the hooch again.  Before noon.  How else can you explain his theory that the Chicago White Sox are a player in the upcoming Prince Fielder sweepstakes .

I live in Wisconsin and I've seen a lot of Prince.  While he is a good player, he is not Ryan Howard or Adrian Gonzalez.  The only benefit he offers the Sox is that he fulfills the Chairman's mantra of  "people come to the ball park to see players hit home runs."

Here's a list of reasons that Sox would not be interested in the portly Prince:

• Fielder is everything the Sox want to get away from.  He's an average defensively, he clogs the base paths and he strikes out a lot.
• He goes through pretty good homer droughts.  On the upside, when he's hot, he's hot.
• He's represented by Scott Boras who is drooling over the Ryan Howard contract and wants to do something for his client. 
• He's more of a DH than a first baseman
• He's a younger version of David Ortiz, but Ortiz is a better hitter for average.
• The contracts of Jake Peavy and Alex Rios make it almost impossible for the Sox to invest in Fielder.  The Sox lackluster play thus far this year may also substantially impact attendance which will further lower the Sox payroll for next season.

Rogers suggests that the Sox might trade Gavin Floyd or John Danks to the pitching challenged Brewers for Fielder's services.  This would be totally irresponsible.  The Brewers would also gladly take some young players off the Sox hands, say Jordan Danks, Daniel Hudson and Sergio Sands?  You don't have to be a fantasy league guru to know that this just would be a bad deal for the White Sox.

If I were the White Sox, I would consider solving the first base issue by re-signing Paul Konerko.  Paulie has a couple of productive years left, is a great clubhouse guy and would continue to provide both offense and defense to a club still waiting for the Cuban Sandwich to get his act together.  That could take a while, so why not keep Paulie where he belongs while we find out if the Sandwich is the guy or not?

A king's ransom for a Prince?  Not likely.