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CHICAGO -- White Sox slugger Paul Konerko remains sidelined because of pain in the lower right side of his back. Konerko had six painkilling injections on Friday, a day after an MRI, and was not available for the doubleheader against Cleveland. He said he was feeling "a little better" and hoped to be ready to play by the end of the weekend. He planned to take swings Saturday and figured hell know then whether he needs to go on the disabled list. "If I do get to swing a bat tomorrow or test it out, I think at that point I would know," he said. "If I couldnt do it, I dont want to hold them up. I dont want to be holding the team hostage with one less guy. Well see. I havent tested it really at all. Ill be honest with them and let them know. If thats what needs to be done, thats what needs to be done." Konerko played against Kansas City last Sunday and could barely stand the following morning. He felt "a little improvement" on Thursday and more on Friday but was not ready to play. He said the MRI showed "some degeneration in one of the disks" but nothing unusual for an athlete. "Usually, when you do something, you kind of stop in your tracks and know that youre going to have a problem on your hands -- when you take a swing or you check your swing or something like that," Konerko said. "Didnt really see this one coming. I guess it was that hot and humid in Kansas City and (I was) that loose, maybe I did something and didnt even feel it." Konerko is batting .253 with seven homers and 30 RBIs.NCAA Jerseys For Sale .C. -- Chris Thorburn thinks one of the reasons the Winnipeg Jets have been successful under new coach Paul Maurice is that theyre playing together as a team. NCAA Jerseys .Y. - Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has earned NHL first star of the week honours after winning in his first three appearances of the season. https://www.cheapncaajerseysjustwholesale.com/ .35 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. 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Well, not yet at least.First it was Na`Vi, which recruited Aleksandr s1mple Kostyliev from Team Liquid two weeks ago to replace Danylo Zeus Teslenko. To fill the void left by s1mples departure, Liquid confirmed that Jacob Pimp Winneche will indeed be joining the team, despite its grand final run at ESL One Cologne without him.This week the Swedish scene was shook. Godsent, per Fnatics official statement, traded Simon twist Eliasson and Jonas Lekr0 Olofsson to the Black and Orange side for the trio of Robin flusha R?nnquist, Jesper JW Wecksell and Freddy KRIMZ Johansson -- though trade might be putting it lightly. Highway robbery is more like it.In what stands as of writing as the latest change, FaZe finally let go of its sole Portuguese member Ricardo fox Pacheco to pick up ENCEs star player and former Ninjas in Pyjamas member Aleksi allu Jalli. Lets also not forget the first roster change prior to ELeague ending: SK Gamings coach Wilton zews Prado returning as a player in the second best Brazilian team, and DreamHack Summer champions, Immortals.So, who came out on top of the silly season?To complete Fnatics roster, the team also added John wenton Eriksson, who was its temporary stand-in during Olof olofmeister Kajbjers time off. For a team that relied on simple tactics but high individual skill, it seems they would need to re-invent themselves entirely -- regardless of how good twist may turn out to be once given a chance.Meanwhile, Godsent obviously won that trade, and in my opinion look better going into the rest of 2016. The group should rebuild around Markus pronax Wallstens leadership, and should boast enough skill with DreamHack Winter 2013 champion Andreas znajder Lindberg having also leveled up his play in the past year.The odd team out is NiP. Its fresh off missing the playoffs at the major, and was sent packing in the quarterfinals of ELeague. Its hard to believe it did not want to pick up any of these players, especially given the rumors that JW would be joining team. This suggests no one wanted to join the team. It is a sad time for NiP, but it makes sense given the teams continuously deteriorating performance and the organizations issues.The Swedish scene seems badly diluted overall. Question is, is it too diluted to compete? Splitting the talent into three parts, it runs the risk of ending in a North America-type situation where no team can contend for titles. A lot of it will come down to player development and how well old stars like flusha adjust to taking on larger roles.Liquid may become more consistent with Pimp, and could remain competitive, but I have a hard time imagining them ever making the semis again without s1mples explosiveness. Josh jdm64 Marzano will need to step up, and Pimp must avoid the pitfalls that saw him removed from previous teams due to personality issues -- not unlike s1mples troubled past.On the other hand, Na`Vi is easily the biggesst winners of the offseason, though that comes with an asterisk.dddddddddddd It added a player with potential to become the worlds best, and replaced an aging member. The honeymoon period could see Na`Vi dominate, but what will determine this rosters success is how well s1mple fits in during the longer term, whether the issues that plagued his previous teams will continue, and if his respect for the Na`Vi players is enough to help him move past it.Similarly, SK will benefit from its main competitors making changes, allowing the team extra time to get back on track once Fernando fer Alvarenga is back from his surgery. This is valuable time Fnatic could have used to catch-up; now both parties have to start again from scratch.Down a couple of notches in the world rankings, FaZe also came out better than it went in, having been mostly a forgettable team thus far in 2016. We saw allu perform well in the grandest of stages in CS:GO last year with NiP, and his presence will be an improvement over fox in the sniping department. Leadership issues persist, but at least FaZe will have more skill, which has been its game plan since the team was put together, at the expense of teamwork and tactics.The most curious move of the off-season was zewss return as a player, and to Immortals no less. The Brazilians failed to qualify for the major -- again -- but had beaten Godsent and NiP to win DreamHack Summer shortly after winning CEVO Professional Season 9 Finals over Virtus.pro. It was a very good team, and on paper this seems like a setback. Perhaps zewss intangibles and leadership will be enough, but frankly it seems like a massive gamble from a team who did not need one.Finally, as with NiP, it is curious to see EnVyUs hold the fort despite such a long run of disappointing results. The French shuffle never materialized -- which is likely smart of G2 -- but why would not Vincent Happy Schopenhauers team at least make a change with another team? Beats me.Whats next?In terms of roster changes, Tomá? oskar ??astny is expected to join mousesports as soon as his contract runs out, reportedly sometime in September. It is another move that, on paper, should improve the team; it takes some pressure off of Nikola NiKo Kova?s burdened shoulders. Still, I am not convinced its enough. Oskar shined as the teams number one option in HellRaisers, but will not have such luxury in mousesports. Only time will tell.The rest of 2016 seems like a waiting game. The first major is expected in the first quarter of 2017, and many contracts will expire come Jan. 1. To me this part seems like a limbo -- a temporary state where teams play out the rest of the year, and then see whats what.I would not be surprised if more changes took place before the next major. One team forcing a change at an inconvenient time -- in the middle of the year, whether it is during a break or not -- can set off an avalanche of roster move, rolling down the scene likes dominos.For more CS:GO commentary, follow Tomi on Twitter: @lurppis_ ' ' '