US EditionWhite Sox Add LHP Anthony Kay with $12 Million, 2-Year Contract, AP Source Says
Anthony Kay returns to MLB with a $12 million, two-year contract to strengthen White Sox bullpen after a 4.16 ERA and 48 losses last season, club aims for further progress.
- On Wednesday, Chicago White Sox agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract with left-hander Anthony Kay that includes a mutual 2028 option, The Associated Press confirmed pending a physical.
- Seeking left-handed depth, the White Sox added Kay to a bullpen that had a 4.16 ERA and a major-league-high 48 losses this year.
- Kay posted a 1.74 ERA over 155 innings for the Yokohama Bay Stars this year, striking out 130 and allowing eight home runs while holding a 5.59 ERA in 85.1 MLB innings across five seasons, last appearing on Oct. 1, 2023.
- The signing could serve as an insurance policy or trade chip and intensify an offseason battle for rotation and bullpen spots among White Sox rotation candidates Shane Smith, Davis Martin, Sean Burke and minor league pitchers Hagen Smith, Noah Schultz, Tanner McDougal.
- Chicago previously tried replicating Erick Fedde's success by signing pitchers from Asia under a two-year reclamation model, while Kay developed a two-seam fastball that boosted his ground-ball to 54.5% and lowered his walk rate to 7.9%.
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thesportsleader.comReports: LHP Anthony Kay returning to MLB with White Sox
Left-hander Anthony Kay and the Chicago White Sox have reached agreement on a two-year, $12 million contract, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.
Chicago Sun Times
Usa newsWhite Sox sign left-handed pitcher Anthony Kay
The White Sox have signed left-hander Anthony Kay, a source confirmed Wednesday to the Sun-Times. Kay, 30, pitched for the Blue Jays, Cubs and Mets over a five-year stint before departing for Japan for the last two seasons. He last appeared in a big league game on Oct. 1, 2023, with the Mets.Kay and the Sox agreed to a $12 million, two-year contract. The deal includes a mutual option for 2028, according to a person who confirmed the agreement to…
Following Erick Fedde Blueprint, White Sox Turn to Anthony Kay for Rotation Help
The White Sox have added another arm to the starting rotation. According to FanSided’s Robert Murray, the White Sox are signing left-hander Anthony Kay to a two-year, $12 million deal that includes a mutual option for a third season. Kay comes to the White Sox from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball Organization after posting a 1.74 ERA in 155 innings with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. MLB insider Jon Heyman also reports that Kay had larger off…
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