SAN DIEGO — The Chicago White Sox have acquired outfielder Nomar Mazara from the Texas Rangers in exchange for minor-league outfielder Steele Walker.
Mazara, 24, hit .268 (115–429) with 27 doubles, 19 home runs, 66 RBI, 69 runs scored and a .469 slugging percentage in 116 games with Texas in 2019. He established career highs in average, slugging percentage, OPS (.786) and runs scored. Mazara’s average home run distance of 416 feet in 2019 was the ninth-highest in the major leagues according to Statcast (minimum 15 home runs).
A native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the left-handed hitting Mazara hit two of the six longest home runs in baseball last season according to Statcast: 482 feet on March 28 vs.