The White Sox have handed out one multi-year deal in free agency since Chris Getz took over as general manager, and even that move was underscored by an effort to avoid paying normal market value, since it was signing Erick Fedde off an MVP season in the KBO. At his season-ending press availability, Getz ended a question about offseason spending by saying “the most important thing is continuing the improvement and development of our young players,” and that lukewarm indictor came prior to the club officially picking up Luis Robert Jr.’s club option on Tuesday to put the rosters’s existing 2026 payroll commitments in the neighborhood of $40 million.
So there was a fair amount of warning already issued that the White Sox were not picking this offseason to redefine how their approach to free agency and spending is viewed across the sport. But there’s always something to be said for the impact of having fears strengthened of another White Sox hot stove left on simmer.
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