Juan Pierre

Juan Pierre will be an everyday player again.

The Dodgers sent their No. 4 outfielder and $10 million in cash to the Chicago White Sox for two minor league players to be named. Signed to a five-year, $44-million contract prior to the 2007 season, Pierre is still owed $18.5 million over the final two years of his deal.

"Juan always put the Dodgers first, even when it wasn't in his personal best interest," Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti said in a statement released by the team. "In this day, that is a rare attribute. When he and I spoke at the end of the season, we agreed that if an opportunity presented itself in which his chance to play would be enhanced, we would pursue it and that's what we've done. He deserved the chance to play more."

Long vilified by fans in large part because of how much money he made, Pierre turned himself into a crowd favorite this season for the way he performed in place of Manny Ramirez during Ramirez's 50-game suspension. Pierre hit .308 and stole 30 bases in 145 games for the Dodgers this season, 76 of them starts.

Pierre's tenure with the Dodgers was a tumultuous one.

He was the Dodgers' starting center fielder in 2007, but was relegated to a bench role a year later when the club acquired Andruw Jones to take his place.

Jones performed poorly but the acquisition of Ramirez kept Pierre on the bench. Pierre asked for a trade at the end of the 2008 season.

Because the Dodgers and White Sox share a spring training complex in Arizona, the Dodgers will continue to see plenty of Pierre. Also on the White Sox's roster is Jones, who will be paid by the Dodgers through 2014.