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Yoán Moncada’s $25 million option declined

A day of (muted) celebration for the White Sox also brought yet another reminder of what could have been.

Per international newsbreak maven Francys Romero on Twitter, the White Sox have decided against exercising their $25 million club option on Yoán Moncada for 2025, instead paying a $5 million buyout.

The news isn’t a shock at all, but this surely was going to be a Friday afternoon news dump , as to not interfere with Thursday’s celebration-announcement of Will Venable as manager.

Moncada moves on having put up 14.7 WAR (and 13.