White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen hopes that both he and outfielder Jermaine Dye return to the team next season. "I've had a lot of good baseball players, good people. Dye is in my top two favorite players I ever managed," Guillen told MLB.com on Sunday. "I never managed a better guy, a better player. I hope it's not the end for us." A mutual option of $12 million exists on Dye's contract for 2010, with a $1 million buyout. "Kenny knows who I am, knows what type of person I am and knows what kind of hitter I am. I don't think it will affect it at all," Dye said. "He knows the game. "Guys go through spurts where they struggle. Some guys have worse struggles than me in the second half and full-year struggles. It's just, for whatever reason, we'll see what happens and hopefully I'll be coming back." The White Sox, 75-81, have struggled in the second half of the season as well.