CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a three-year, $50-million contract with All-Star first baseman José Abreu. Under terms of the agreement, Abreu will receive a $5-million signing bonus, $11 million in 2020, $16 million in 2021 and $18 million in 2022 with $4 million deferred.
Abreu, 32, batted .284 (180–634) with 38 doubles, 33 home runs, a career-high 123 RBI, 85 runs scored and a .503 slugging percentage over 159 games in 2019, his sixth season with the White Sox. He led the American League in RBI, joining Dick Allen (113 in 1972) as the only players in franchise history to accomplish the feat, and was named to his third AL All-Star Team.