The White Sox announced Friday that they have bought out the 2010 mutual option on outfielder Jermaine Dye's contract for $950,000 rather than pay the outfielder a $12 million salary for next season. He is now eligible to become a free agent. Dye, 35, batted .250 with 27 home runs and 81 RBIs in 141 games with the White Sox in 2009. That included a difficult second half, in which he hit .179 with just seven homers.