Be careful what you ...

wish for, Kenny Williams.

Apparently the White Sox GM has finally landed Ken Griffey Jr., the Reds' outfielder he has long coveted and tried to acquire in 2005 and several times since. No word yet on who the Sox are giving up in the deal, which makes it difficult to assess, but that's what we're here for.

Speculation is that Griffey will play center, Nick Swisher will go to first and Paul Konerko will go to the bench or split time with Swisher and DH Jim Thome. I've got no problem with the slumping Konerko taking a seat, but having 38-year-old Griffey play center is a big mistake. He was brilliant there ... in Seattle. But that was a long time (and many injuries) ago. There's a good reason he hasn't played center for the Reds since 2006. He can't.

And while he may be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, Griffey's flame is starting to fade. In his quest to reach 600 career home runs earlier this year, he had more at bats between homers than he has ever had in his career. And Cincy's home park is nearly as homer-friendly as U.S. Cellular. Griffey still has one of the sweetest swings in baseball. Sadly, it's just as fluid and smooth a stroke on a swing-and-a-miss as when he connects.

It appears Williams has added another streaky power hitter who doesn't run particularly well. If he wanted one of those from the Reds, younger Adam Dunne, who is also on the market, was probably the better choice.

Something tells me this is just the precursor to another deal that might ease that first base-DH logjam and bring the Sox some bullpen help.