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White Sox Re-Sign Mark Kotsay
Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun Times reports that the White Sox have announced that Mark Kotsay was given a one year, $1.5MM contract to return to the team in 2010. It's essentially the same contract he signed with Boston last January.
Kotsay, acquired from the Red Sox just before the trade deadline, hit .292/.349/.434 in 127 plate appearances with the Pale Hose. He played mostly first base for Chicago, but also saw action in all three outfield spots.
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I'm liking how KW isn't wasting time.
Posted by: MetsWhiteSoxFan | November 05, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Nice move Kenny
Posted by: rockford | November 05, 2009 at 10:14 AM
I 2nd that rockford.
Posted by: BlakJakk | November 05, 2009 at 10:35 AM
This is a no-brainer. Kotsay is too good of a utility-bench player to not re-sign.
Posted by: whitesoxfan424 | November 05, 2009 at 11:13 AM
$1.5M is a very reasonable price to pay for a fourth OF, as long as his back is ok.
Posted by: jwb | November 05, 2009 at 11:22 AM
His bat certainly looked ok this year. Good solid player. Nice move to keep him.
Posted by: barroomhero | November 05, 2009 at 11:50 AM
I was afraid he might not resign him. Good.
Posted by: kcatlantis | November 05, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Cheap sign, but why is Kotsay better than anyone else that might be available as a fourth outfielder? Kenny is taking on a lot payroll and veterans I thought he was getting the team younger?
Posted by: Martin | November 05, 2009 at 03:16 PM
Martin - it's a one-year contract for a utility player. Not like he can't make the team younger. It's a solid low-risk pick-up.
Posted by: borninmainelivinginexile | November 05, 2009 at 10:31 PM
thats a good move by kenny, kotsay can rotate in the outfield and give pauly some days off at first
Posted by: gosox22 | November 06, 2009 at 07:30 AM