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Cabrera, 30, batted .301 with a .351 on-base percentage for
the Toronto Blue Jays last season to go with 16 home runs and 73
runs batted in.
The addition of Cabrera, who in 2012 was leading the National
League in batting average for the San Francisco Giants before
missing the end of the season over a doping violation, was the
latest in an offseason overhaul by the White Sox.
Chicago's American League team acquired pitcher Jeff Samardzija
in a six-player deal with Oakland to create an elite one-two
punch atop the starting rotation along with Chris Sale.
They added David Robertson as closer with a four-year, $46
million free agent deal, and picked up left-handed reliever Dan
Jennings in a trade with the Marlins.
Those moves followed the signing of power-hitting first
baseman/designated hitter Adam LaRoche.
The White Sox finished 73-89 in fourth place in the American
League Central, 17 games behind the division-winning Detroit
Tigers.
(Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Frank Pingue)
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