Good morning!
With Shohei Ohtani's 10 year, $700 million contract official, it's time to once again examine the pacts (not so) near and dear to our hearts: White Sox free agent contracts of past and present!
As the headline alludes to, Ohtani's signing is worth nearly ten times the maximum amount the White Sox have ever spent on a free agent: last year's (on today's date!) 5 year, $75 million contract. Not only has this franchise never forked over a nine-figure contract, they now have a guy whose entire contract would be worth almost one year of Shohei Ohtani's (unprecedented deferrals aside). As Josh said on a recent podcast, what must it like to be a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers?
Regardless, we soldier forth. There is a new addition to this Sporcle, as the 2-year, $15 million contract handed out a few days ago is good for 20th-richest for the White Sox all-time. There are now 42 names on this list for you to guess (I don't think I missed any over the last year that were more than my $5 million cut-off; chide me in the comments if I have, and I'll make the correction): how many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I’ve allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I’ve provided the date of the signing and the contract details.
- As a reminder, this includes only free agent signings: extensions do not count.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- 11 of the 42 signings on this list are relief pitchers.
- Just six have been starting pitchers and just two of those have been for more than one year (if you don’t count things like options).
Data from a combination of Baseball Reference, MLB Trade Rumors Transaction Tracker, the New York Times archive, and Newspaperarchive.com
