It's but one example of the decisions general managers have to make every year in the last 10 days of July.

Can the White Sox afford to move their best young pitcher, Brandon McCarthy, and reliever Damaso Marte to the Marlins for A.J. Burnett when they don't know if closer Dustin Hermanson's back will hold up?

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