South Side Sox 7 hours ago
Breaking down the eight-year, $75 million Eloy Jiménez extension
With the deal done, at more diminished dollars than first rumored, it’s clear that if the young slugger can muster even a Carlos Lee career, the deal is a win for the White Sox UPDATE: This story has updated, exact contract numbers. See also: The South Side Sox breaking news piece on Friday’s announcement. A week ago, Héctor Gómez trickled out a tantalizing tweet: SOURCE: OF Eloy Jimenez would be close to reaching a $100 million, eight-year contract extension with the Chicago White Sox, keeping baseball's Top Prospect under club control through 2026.#ZDigital #ZDeportes...
Bears Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports 8 hours ago
Details of Eloy Jimenez's record contract with the White Sox include a $5 million bonus and a potential value of $75M
The White Sox and Eloy Jimenez made it official Friday afternoon. The team announced the terms of its record-breaking contract with one of baseball’s best prospects. Jimenez, 22, received a $5 million signing bonus in addition to the six year, $43 million deal, the richest ever for a player with...
South Side Sox 8 hours ago
It’s official: Eloy Jiménez agrees to six-year, $43 million contract with White Sox
Two club options could raise total to eight years, $75 million After a slightly agonizing, two-day wait, the Chicago White Sox confirmed rumors of an extension for Eloy Jiménez, news dumping it onto a late Friday evening. No worries about the timing, of course, because the deal presumably keeps Jiménez on the South Side for eight years, at a cost of $75 million. The core deal is six years, $43 million, as Jiménez is paid $40 million through the 2024 season and gets a buyout of three million if the White Sox choose to set him free after the 2024 or 2025 seasons. Here’s the...
Chicago Sun-Times 8 hours ago
Angels defeat White Sox in Carlos Rodon’s final tuneup
Rodon didn’t have his best command with his slider and allowed three runs and four hits, struck out three and walked two in two innings.
Chicago Sun-Times 8 hours ago
White Sox manager says Alex Colome is his closer
Manager Rick Renteria named Alex Colome as the White Sox closer Friday, an expected declaration that brought clarity to the bullpen configuration.
Bears Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports 9 hours ago
Spring training: White Sox at Angels
Photos from the White Sox-Angels spring training game in Tempe, Ariz., on Friday, March 22, 2019.
Chicago Sun-Times 9 hours ago
It’s official: White Sox announce Eloy Jimenez deal
The Sox announced their multiyear contract with their prized outfield prospect Friday, a six-year, $43 million deal with two team options.
Bears Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports 11 hours ago
White Sox seek 30 fans to get tattooed by 'Black Ink Crew: Chicago' star's shop
Thirty White Sox fans will put their skin in the game by getting tattooed at a shop owned by celebrity Sox fan Ryan Henry, star of VH1’s “Black Ink Crew: Chicago,” the team announced Friday. In the run-up to opening day Thursday in Kansas City, the team will randomly choose 30 fans from Illinois...
Chicago Sun-Times 12 hours ago
Risk and reward on full display in White Sox’ contract with Eloy Jimenez
Is it as simple as both sides feeling so good about each other that a commitment is the right thing to do before he's played a game? If so, wonderful.
Chicago Sun-Times 15 hours ago
White Sox release Brandon Guyer
The White Sox released outfielder Brandon Guyer Friday, reducing the number of players in camp to 36. Guyer batted .217 in 11 Cactus League games.
Bears Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports 16 hours ago
6 White Sox players who may hold the key to a more successful 2019 season
The 2018 White Sox needed to avert a meltdown in September to avoid 100 losses. They failed to do it, dropping 18 of their last 24 games. But hope and optimism are abundant in the Sox’s clubhouse this spring. Asked if the team might be shifting from rebuilding to winning this season, infielder...
Bears Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports 20 hours ago
New Sox analyst Ozzie Guillen is 'the only who should be mad' about the failed Manny Machado pursuit: 'I told Manny if he took my number he'd have to buy me a real Rolex'
The reunification of Ozzie Guillen and the White Sox at SoxFest in January paved the way for the latest evolution of the player-turned-manager-turned-analyst. NBC Sports Chicago on Wednesday announced the hiring of Guillen as a pre- and postgame analyst on Sox broadcasts, a decision that had to...
South Side Sox Mar 21, 2019
Good news: White Sox crush Rangers, 12-2
Leury García leads off, goes 4-for-4 with four runs, now hitting .432 this spring After a tough stretch beginning around mid-March (or, depending on how you judge such things, mid-March, 2018), the Chicago White Sox have enjoyed a bout of better days as the final full week of spring training comes to an end. Yesterday, before an 11-2 Camelback Ranch thrashing at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks, news leaked that Eloy Jiménez, of the Santo Domingo Centro Jiménezes, had committed to the White Sox rebuild to the tune of six years, $43 million, or eight years, $77.5 million, or maybe...
Chicago Sun-Times Mar 21, 2019
Ivan Nova sharp, Leury Garcia stays hot with 4 hits, homer for White Sox
Leury Garcia was 4-for-4 with a homer and stolen base, Yonder Alonso homered, Jose Abreu drove in three runs and Ivan Nova was excellent on the mound.
Lone Star Ball Mar 21, 2019
Spring Training Game Thread: Cleveland Indians at Texas Rangers at Chicago White Sox
Let’s play two? The Texas Rangers welcome the Cleveland Indians to Surprise, Arizona but they will also venture to the home of the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Arizona today. How could this be? Welcome to the wonderful world of Spring Training split squad games, baby. At Surprise Stadium, Drew Smyly will take the mound for Texas against RHP Mike Clevinger for Cleveland while at Camelback Ranch, Jason Hammel will get another shot at earning a spot on the team opposite RHP Ivan Nova for the White Sox. Lineups: Thu SS Vs. CLE: Choo 7, Odor 4, Andrus 6, Mazara 9, Cabrera 5, Guzman 3,...
