MLB notebook: White Sox’s Moncada
reportedly gets $70 million extension
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[March 07, 2020]
The Chicago White Sox and third
baseman Yoan Moncada have agreed to a five-year contract extension
worth $70 million, multiple media outlets reported Thursday.
A sixth-year club option is worth $25 million and includes a $5
million buyout, according to ESPN. His contract could buy out two
years of free agency.
Moncada, 24, went to the White Sox in a 2016 trade with the Boston
Red Sox.
In four seasons in the majors, Moncada has a .265 batting average
with 50 home runs and 163 RBIs over 343 games. In 132 games last
season with the White Sox, Moncada batted .315 while posting
career-high totals in home runs (25) and RBIs (79).
-Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale has no significant damage in his
pitching elbow.
Still, he is frustrated. "It sucks," Sale said. "I know the
situation we're in right now. And it's not fun. I know there's an
expectation level our fans, you guys, myself, our team hold me to. I
haven't met that."
An MRI of Sale's left elbow revealed a flexor strain, interim
manager Ron Roenicke said.
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-Jerry Koosman, the winningest left-hander in the history of the New
York Mets, will have his No. 36 retired in June, the team announced.
Koosman, who compiled a 140-137 record while playing 12 seasons for
New York from 1967-78, follows Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver (No.
41) and catcher Mike Piazza (No. 31) as former Mets players to have
their numbers retired.
"The excitement of playing for the Mets when we won the 1969 World
Series was an experience I never thought I'd be able to repeat. But
the news that the Mets Hall of Fame Committee has voted to retire my
number is another life-changing thrill and honor. I can't wait until
June 13," Koosman, 77, said in a statement about the event planned
before a game against the Washington Nationals.
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White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada (10) poses for a photo during
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-The Kansas City Royals made the job of the NFL schedule makers a
bit easier.
The Royals have moved their home game set for Thursday, Sept. 10.
That's the first night of the NFL season, and it typically features
the Super Bowl champion. The baseball team's gesture leaves the
Truman Sports Complex, which holds the stadiums of both teams, free
for the Chiefs.
The Royals instead will play their four-game series against the
Oakland Athletics over three days, including a split doubleheader on
Sept. 8.
-The Hall of Fame will posthumously present the Buck O'Neil Lifetime
Achievement Award to longtime Philadelphia Phillies executive David
Montgomery this summer.
Montgomery, who passed away last May at age 72, will be honored on
July 25 during Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y.
In a career with the Phillies that he began in 1971 as a ticket
office employee and scoreboard operator, Montgomery worked his way
up to executive vice president in 1981, chief operating officer in
1992, and president and chief executive officer in 1997. After
taking a leave of absence from the Phillies following a cancer
diagnosis in 2014, he returned in 2015 as chairman and remained
active in that role until his passing.
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