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CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox and veteran outfielder Austin Slater agreed to a $1.75 million, one-year contract Wednesday. Slater could earn $500,000 in performance bonuses under the terms of the deal. He would get $50,000 for playing in 50 games and $75,000 each for 75 and 100 games. He would also earn $50,000 for 100, 150 and 200 plate appearances and $75,000 for 250 and 300 plate appearances. Slater, who turns 32 next month, batted .209 with two homers and 18 RBIs in 84 games for San Francisco, Cincinnati and Baltimore last season. He is a career .252 hitter with 40 homers and 171 RBIs in eight seasons with the Giants, Reds and Orioles. After the White Sox went 41-121 and broke the modern

Skubal is still ascending as Detroit's ace, while Sale's resurgence in Atlanta marks the latest chapter in his storied career.

This is Chris Sale's first Cy Young award.

As the Boston Red Sox begin an important offseason, they have a few very clear and obvious needs, including catching depth with just Connor Wong on the MLB roster. On Wednesday, the Red Sox signed Seby Zavala to a minor-league deal to potentially help with this issue. Zavala, 31, was a 12th-round pick of the Chicago White Sox in the 2015 MLB draft out of San Diego State.

Colson Montgomery initially wasn’t crazy about returning to the Arizona Fall League for a second straight year. But the Chicago White Sox prospect knew it was what he needed. “I kind of took that as a challenge, and I was like, ‘All right, I’m going to go prove and show the guy that I am and everybody knows that I am and that I can be,’ ” Montgomery said during a videoconference call Wednesday. ...

The Atlanta Braves did not meet expectations in 2024. ESPN's Jesse Rogers polled 18 Major League Baseball executives and the Braves were among top vote-getters to trade for Chicago White Sox ace Garrett Crochet. The Braves would use Crochet to replace Max Fried if he departs in free agency.

The staff under new Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable is taking shape with Walker McKinven hired as the team's bench coach. McKinven, 35, comes from the staff of the Milwaukee Brewers, where the former minor league pitcher worked as the club's run-prevention coordinator. The Chicago-area native had a game-planning role under manager Pat Murphy and had been with Milwaukee for nine seasons. Venable was announced as the new White Sox manager on Nov. 8. He replaced former manager Pedro Grifol, who was fired last season along with three members of the coaching staff, including bench coach Charlie Montoyo. Grady Sizemore finished the season as interim manager. McKinven's addition comes after Ryan

According to MLB Pipeline, the Chicago White Sox are facing a difficult decision with outfield prospect Wilfred Veras. Tuesday night (6 p.m. ET) is the deadline to protect certain players from the Rule-5 Draft, so players need to be put on the 40-man roster or subjected to the draft, which takes place on Dec. 11. Veras was called the White Sox "toughest call." Veras has extensive big league bloodlines with father Wilson, uncle Fernando Tatis Sr. and cousin Fernando Tatis Jr. all reaching the Majors.

There are going to be more and more rumors swirling about the Boston Red Sox as the Winter Meetings approach. The Winter Meetings kick off in early December, and that typically is the unofficial beginning of big signings across Major League Baseball. The Red Sox likely will be involved in both avenues and have been linked to top-tier free agents as well as top trade candidates. Boston needs to add some more pitching and CBS's Matt Geagan suggested Chicago White Sox All-Star Garrett Crochet as a fit and mentioned outfielder Wilyer Abreu as a trade option.

When former top prospect Heliot Ramos finally emerged for the San Francisco Giants this year, their outfield became fairly crowded during the season and when looking ahead towards the future. Despite Jung Hoo Lee being sidelined with a shoulder injury that ended his rookie campaign, the everyday addition of Ramos alongside Michael Conforto, Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Slater and a rotating cast of minor leaguers because of injuries created a logjam. Because of that, the Giants decided to ship Slater out to the Cincinnati Reds on July 7 in exchange for pitcher Alex Young.

Tickets for spring training went on sale Monday, and the price of lawn seats for Dodgers home games at Camelback Ranch range from $40 to $53 on weekends, $25 to $42 on weekdays.

Sale and Crochet were chosen in voting by MLB.com beat writers, while Clase and Helsley were unanimous picks by a panel that included several Hall of Fame relief pitchers.

The Chicago White Sox have added a new director of hitting, Ryan Fuller, who will oversee all aspects of hitting throughout the organization and aims to create a consistent structure and emphasize education, training, and game planning to improve the team's offensive production.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet was named American League Comeback Player of the Year after a successful season as a starting pitcher, striking out 209 batters over 32 starts.

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White Sox ace Garrett Crochet headlines the list of pitchers the Red Sox should consider trading for this offseason.

Marlins hire Clayton McCullough as manager, per MLB sources

After just one week, no matter what scenario you can envision, Will Venable is the right man to lead the Chicago White Sox.

In our latest locker room Q&A, chatting with Jake Elliott about what sport he'd want to play if he couldn't play football.

MLB's GM meetings began the winter hot stove season, with teams making early plans to improve before spring training.

SAN ANTONIO — The Chicago White Sox were active early last offseason, dealing reliever Aaron Bummer to the Atlanta Braves as part of a six-player trade on Nov. 16. General manager Chris Getz said it’s too soon to tell how quickly the action will pick up this offseason. “It’s tough to tell the pace,” Getz said during the MLB general managers meetings Tuesday at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill ...

It was spring training of 2017 when a reporter asked how Chicago White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf felt about the team’s fledgling rebuild. “He mentions his age to me in a fair amount of these conversations, usually prefaced by, ‘How long, given my age?’” former GM Rick Hahn replied. “But he gets it, and he has been extremely supportive, and it probably was the hardest thing for him. “It was ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Dick Allen, who won the 1972 American League MVP award with the White Sox, is one of eight Classic Baseball Era Committee finalists up for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the Classic Baseball Era Committee finalists on Monday. […]

Chicago set the post-1900 record for losses in a season, going 41-121.