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\nThe White Sox have agreed to terms on a three-year contract with All-Star first baseman Jos\u00e9 Abreu.<\/p>\n
\nThe White Sox have agreed to terms on a three-year contract with All-Star first baseman Jos\u00e9 Abreu.<\/p>\n
A three-time American League All-Star, Abreu recorded 38 doubles, 33 home runs, a career-high 123 RBI, 85 runs scored and a .503 slugging percentage in 2019, becoming the second White Sox player to lead the AL in RBI.<\/p>\n
Abreu receives a $5 million signing bonus payable on July 1 and salaries of $11 million in 2020, $16 million in 2021 and $18 million in 2022 as part of the agreement announced Friday. Chicago is deferring $4 million of his 2022 salary, payable in equal installments each July 1 from 2023 through 2026.<\/p>\n
He gets a full no-trade provision for 2020 and has the right to block deals to 10 teams in 2021 and five in 2022.<\/p>\n
“From the moment he stepped into the major leagues, Jose Abreu has been a leader on the field and in the clubhouse,” White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said in a statement. “He has consistently delivered run production at a historic pace, and with each passing season, his leadership role within our clubhouse — with both American-born and Latin-American players — has repeatedly grown. It’s certainly no surprise that both Jose and the White Sox were comfortable with a multiyear commitment moving forward.”<\/p>\n
Since entering the league in 2014, Abreu leads all AL players in games played (901) and ranks among the leaders in hits (2nd), extra-base hits (2nd), total bases (3rd), RBI (3rd), doubles (4th) and homers (4th).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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