{"id":11795,"date":"2019-11-21T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=11795"},"modified":"2019-11-21T13:18:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:18:17","slug":"white-sox-sign-grandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2019\/11\/21\/white-sox-sign-grandal\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox sign Grandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2019\/11\/img_6489.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11794\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2019\/11\/img_6489.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2019\/11\/img_6489-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2019\/11\/img_6489-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2019\/11\/img_6489-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2019\/11\/img_6489-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">The White Sox have agreed to terms on a four-year contract with free agent All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">Grandal, 31, hit a career-high 28 home runs, with 77 RBI, 79 runs scored and 109 walks for Milwaukee in 2019, making his second career National League All-Star Team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ken Williams on what signing Yasmani Grandal means for 2020 &#8212; and beyond: \u201cIt\u2019s clearly we\u2019re trying to put ourselves in a window that could very well start next year but extend to the next five to seven years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1197566229365612549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan and others have noticed the deal is worth $73 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White Sox have agreed to terms on a four-year contract with free agent All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal. Grandal, 31, hit a career-high 28 home runs, with 77 RBI, 79 runs scored and 109 walks for Milwaukee in 2019, making his second career National League All-Star Team. 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