Eloy Jiménez, the Chicago White Sox’s future face, appears to be on the move. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Tuesday, just minutes before the 6 p.m. ET trade deadline, that the White Sox had sold Jiménez to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for reliever Trey McGough. Jiménez is in the final year of his six-year, $43 million contract with the White Sox, which he signed in 2019. He has a $16.5 million club option for 2025 and a $18.5 million club option for 2026, but the Orioles are likely to reject them, sending Jiménez to free agency this winter.
Jiménez broke onto the scene in 2019 as a 22-year-old rookie, hitting.267/.315/.513 with 31 home runs in 122 games. He won the AL Silver Slugger in 2020 and had an.858 OPS in ’22, but Jimenez has struggled with injuries and has only reached 84 games once in the last five seasons. Jimenez hit.240/.297/.345 in 65 games for the White Sox this season, including five home runs and 47 strikeouts. He has been on the injured list twice, with a left adductor strain and a left hamstring strain.
Jimenez is expected to join an Orioles lineup that leads all of baseball in home runs (167) but ranks 23rd in batting average (.254). McGough, a 24th-round pick in 2019, has yet to make his MLB debut
This post was originally published on www.si.com as Eloy Jiménez Signs With Orioles After White Sox Dump Contract in Trade.
This post was originally published on www.si.com as Eloy Jiménez Signs With Orioles After White Sox Dump Contract in Trade.
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