Upcoming free agent Liam Hendriks and the Chicago White Sox agree on a multi-year deal, pending a physical deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The deal is for three years and includes a one-quarter option and guarantees Hendriks $ 54 million, sources said.
Hendriks, 31, will earn $ 39 million in the first three years, and the fourth-year purchase and option salary is $ 15 million, sources said. If the White Sox reject the option, they will be able to pay for the purchase over several years.
Yahoo Sports first reported the deal between Hendriks and the White Sox.
Hendriks, who became a free agent last month when Oakland Athletics was unable to make any qualifying offers, has been one of baseball’s most effective lifeguards in the past two seasons, finishing second in ERA (1, 60), fourth in WHIP (0.87), third in attack ratio (7.2) and tied for eighth in stops (39).
He finished the 2020 regular season with an effectiveness of 1.78 and a second-best MLB knockout on 14 occasions on 15 occasions, and then recorded a win, a save and an effectiveness of 3.18 in the postseason.
The Australian unloader set the best hits of the race with a ratio of 12.3 strokes and 13.1 strokes for nine innings last season and was the relay of the year in the American League.
Hendriks became a key piece for A manager Bob Melvin at the end of the games during the 2019 season. The right-hander, who earned $ 2.15 million in 2019, is the first opener to leave. become a trusted locker. He went 4-4 with an effectiveness of 1.80 and 25 saves in a maximum run of 75 appearances from 85 innings and formed the All-Star team for the first time. On February 10 he turns 32 years old.
Hendriks was designated for his assignment on June 25, 2018 (he has already spent nearly half a dozen times on it) and then began Oakland’s 7-2 wildcard loss at Yankee Stadium just over three months later.
The closest to Oakland received a good boost when he signed a $ 5.3 million one-year contract before the 2020 season to avoid wage arbitration.
In 10 major league seasons with the Twins, Royals, Blue Jays and A, he has a 19-27 record with 40 stops and a 4.10 ERA.