ESPN.com · Nov 5, 2021
Source: Chicago White Sox not picking up option on 2B Cesar Hernandez's contract
CHICAGO -- The White Sox won't be picking up the $6 million contract option on second baseman Cesar Hernandez for the 2022 season, according to a source familiar with the situation, while the team has until Saturday to decide on an option for reliever Craig Kimbrel.
Both players were July trade deadline acquisitions and both underachieved with their new team.
"Our acquisitions at the deadline ... were absolutely the right moves to make on a team that had World Series aspirations," general manager Rick Hahn said on a Friday zoom with reporters. "We don't regret being aggressive. We don't regret addressing what we felt were clear needs at the time.