White Sox add Benintendi on 5-year, $75M deal

The White Sox are adding outfielder Andrew Benintendi on a five-year contract worth $75 million, per MLB Network insider Jon Heyman. ESPN’s Jesse Rogers was first with the report.

The club has not yet confirmed reports of the deal.

Benintendi hit double-digit home runs in each of his first three full Major League seasons while playing for the Red Sox, but he traded some of that power for more contact in 2022 and had one of the better years of his career. In his second season with the Royals, Benintendi batted .320/.387/.398 with three homers through his first 93 games, earning his first All-Star selection along the way. He ranked third in the AL in batting average, sixth in on-base percentage, second in hits (111) and first in multihit games (34) through July 27.