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White Sox avoid arbitration with five players as 2020 payroll comes into focus

The White Sox will not go to arbitration this year, avoiding the process by agreeing to terms on one-year contracts with their five remaining arbitration-eligible players Friday.

Closer Alex Colome got the biggest payday, $10,532,500 for the 2020 season. In his first season with the White Sox in 2019, he saved 30 games, bringing his total since the start of the 2016 campaign to 126. His first- and second-half splits were noticeable: a 2.02 first-half ERA followed up by a 3.91 ERA after the All-Star break. But he remains an accomplished ninth-inning man and a valuable piece of the South Side relief corps as the team looks to make a run at a playoff spot in 2020.