"Paul Konerko was amused when he found out general manager Ken Williams said he had considered him as a candidate to manage the White Sox despite having two years left on his playing contract.

"It's a compliment," said Konerko, who said Williams never spoke to him about the job that went to Robin Ventura despite Ventura's lack of experience. "

"I guess that means besides playing the game that I hopefully pay attention to it and that I follow the game."

Konerko expressed his dry sense of humor in sharing another theory, saying Ventura's one season as an unpaid volunteer high school coach compared more favorably to fans than his lack of coaching experience.

"(People could say), well, it was a hell of a choice," Konerko quipped. "Maybe that's part of it."

Peavy update: Williams said he expects Jake Peavy to pitch more than 200 innings.

"You haven't seen the best of him," Williams said of Peavy, who says he's fully recovered from major surgery near his right shoulder 19 months ago."