South Side Sox · Mar 20, 2019
Breaking down the eight-year, $77.5 million Eloy Jiménez extension
Big bux: The White Sox have inked Jiménez to an unprecedented extension, before the slugger has had a single MLB at-bat.A week ago, Héctor Gómez trickled out a tantalizing tweet:
that led to this speculative piece addressing the value Jiménez would have to provide the White Sox to make this gamble of an extension pay off.
A week later, Gómez hit us again, second verse, a bit different from the first:
BREAKING NEWS: The White Sox are close to an agreement with Eloy Jimenez for an 8-year extension that would pay him between 65-70 US$ Million. With Incentives the contract could get to the 75-80 million Range. Source says deal is pending only a Physical.@z101digital @ZDeportes