The Chicago White Sox reached one-year offers with all seven of their arbitration-eligible gamers Thursday, together with beginning pitcher Dylan Cease.
The Sox and Cease got here to phrases on a one-year, $8 million contract. The 28-year-old right-hander, who went 7-9 with a 4.58 ERA and 214 strikeouts in 33 begins in 2023, has been talked about in commerce hypothesis all through the offseason.
During a video convention with reporters this week, common supervisor Chris Getz mentioned the Sox have had conversations involving Cease, “but I also know that we’re not going to move a player like Dylan or anyone else unless we feel like we’re going to benefit,” he mentioned. “So it’s got to be right for all parties.”
Whether the Sox maintain on to Cease — the American League Cy Young Award runner-up in 2022, when he went 14-8 with a 2.20 ERA — or deal him is among the main questions remaining this offseason.
The Sox additionally prevented arbitration with infielder Nicky Lopez ($4.3 million), first baseman Andrew Vaughn ($3.25 million) and pitchers Michael Kopech ($3 million), Michael Soroka ($3 million), Touki Toussaint ($1.3 million) and Garrett Crochet ($800,000).
Kopech went 5-12 with a 5.43 ERA in 30 appearances (27 begins) in 2023. He moved again to the rotation in 2022 after spending most of 2021 as a reliever.
Crochet additionally plans to construct as much as go from the bullpen to the rotation. He had a 3.55 ERA in 13 reduction appearances in 2023 after lacking the 2022 season following Tommy John surgical procedure.
Vaughn slashed .258/.314/.429 with 21 residence runs and 80 RBIs as he moved to his pure place of first base after spending a lot of his first two seasons within the outfield.
Toussaint went 4-6 with a 4.97 ERA in 19 outings (15 begins) with the Sox, who claimed him off waivers in June. Soroka and Lopez had been acquired in November as a part of a six-player commerce with the Atlanta Braves.
The Sox additionally introduced they’ve named Jin Wong assistant common supervisor. He spent the earlier 24 seasons (2000-23) with the Kansas City Royals, the final two as vice chairman/assistant GM.
Among his tasks with the Sox, Wong will oversee contract negotiations, wage arbitration, budgeting and payroll administration and compliance with Major League Baseball guidelines and laws, together with the collective bargaining settlement.
Wong’s skilled profession started in 1997 with the Braves. His earlier roles with the Royals had been assistant GM for baseball administration (2015-21), director of baseball administration (2006-14), director of baseball operations (2004-05), supervisor of baseball operations (2002-03), supervisor of scouting operations (2001-02) and scouting operations coordinator (2000).
Wong joins the Sox as assistant GM Jeremy Haber is leaving the group.
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