By Mark Gonzales
The White Sox declined to pick up right fielder Jermaine Dye's $12 million option for 2010 and will give him a $950,000 buyout.
Dye is expected to file for free agency later Friday. He was unavailable for comment.
Dye, 35, hit 164 home runs during his five seasons with the Sox and was the 2005 World Series most valuable player. But he batted .179 with only seven home runs in the second half of the 2009 season.
He batted .278 with 461 RBIs during his tenure with the Sox, and his 164 home runs rank seventh in franchise history. He finished the 2009 season with a .250 batting average, 27 home runs and 81 RBIs.
T.R. Sullivan, mlb.com's Rangers reporter, writes Texas might be interested in Dye.
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