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Top outfield prospect Eloy Jimenez will open the 2019 season with the White Sox after Chicago revealed its Opening Day roster Tuesday. Jimenez and the White Sox agreed to terms on a six-year, $43 million contract extension last week, a record for a player yet to make his major league debut. The 22-year-old has been in the organization since 2017, when he was acquired in the deal that sent left-hander Jose Quintana to the Chicago Cubs. Continue to Article

March 26, 2019 11:29:pm EST

Right-hander Kyle Hendricks agreed to a four-year contract through 2023, plus a team option for a fifth season, with the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. ESPN reported the deal, plus Hendricks' existing salary of $7.045 million for 2019, has a total value of $63 million before the option year. It will only vest if Hendricks finishes in the top three in National League Cy Young voting in 2020, per ESPN. Continue to Article

March 26, 2019 4:19:pm EST

Right-hander Kyle Hendricks agreed to a four-year contract through 2023, plus a team option for a fifth season, with the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. ESPN reported the deal, plus Hendricks' existing salary of $7.045 million for 2019, has a total value of $63 million before the option year. It will only vest if Hendricks finishes in the top three in National League Cy Young voting in 2020, per ESPN. Continue to Article

March 26, 2019 4:13:pm EST

Baseball great Frank Thomas, who formerly played for the White Sox, is joining the announcing team at sports cable channel NBC Sports Chicago, where he will serve as a Chicago White Sox game day studio analyst. Noted NBC Sports Chicago general manager Kevin Cross: “Frank Thomas is, without question, one of the greatest players in Chicago baseball history, and we couldn't be more thrilled he will be lending his insightful analysis as part of our expert White Sox coverage team all season long.” Added Thomas: “I'm happy to be joining the team at NBC Sports Chicago and to be back covering the White Sox, a franchise with a bright future featuring some of the best young talent in the game today.” Thomas will join Ozzie Guillen, a former White Sox manager, who also was added to the NBC Sports Chicago team of White Sox analyst for the 2019 season. Continue to Article

March 26, 2019 3:48:pm EST

Kyle Hendricks' focus is on the season, among the reasons the Cubs didn't hesitate to give the right-handed pitcher a new deal. Hendricks and the Cubs agreed Tuesday to a contract that adds $55.5 million from 2020 to 2023, guaranteeing he will receive $62,905,000 over the next five seasons. He had agreed in January to a one-year deal for $7,405,000 and would have been eligible for arbitration next winter. Continue to Article

March 26, 2019 3:28:pm EST