White Sox sign Yasmani Grandal

Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images Looking ahead: The White Sox — our White Sox — have thrown down the gauntlet for the offseason, snapping up a key free agent in Yasmani Grandal.Shock is an understatement.

But the White Sox seized the offseason by the horns with a sweeping, stunning, four-year, $73 million contract with free agent catcher Yasmani Grandal on Thursday.

Daniel Palka was designated for assignment to make room for Grandal on the roster, and that most assuredly means he will be claimed on waivers. In the words of South Side Hit Pen writer Leonard Gore:

While Grandal’s value varies in a WAR sense, with catcher measurements more volatile than any other position, both fWAR and WARP value…