"As he enters the final month of a healthy off-season, second baseman Gordon Beckham spoke confidently about helping the Chicago White Sox bounce back in the American League Central despite Detroit's acquisition of slugger Prince Fielder.

"If we can come back and do what we're capable of doing, I can't see why we can't be in this race," Beckham said Wednesday night at Hub51 restaurant, where he was hosting a benefit to raise money for the National Parkinson Foundation."