Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski will be a free-agent after the season, and he isn’t sure if his future will be with the Sox or another team. There’s though that Chicago could shed some payroll for 2011, but sources close to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Joe Cowley say that general manager Ken Wiliams may have more spending money than what was originally thought.

If the team decides to not re-sign Pierzynski, they could go with rookie Tyler Flowers, but given his inexperience it may be tough for the team to hand over an experienced pitching staff to him. The team also would be playing Flowers more in the final month of this season.

Pierzynski has made it clear that he would like to finish his career in Chicago.

”Everyone knows where I stand with the White Sox and the people and the city,” Pierzynski said. ”I’ve never said that I don’t want to come back. The door is open. But we’ll see what happens. It takes two to do that, make it possible. We’ll see where it goes.