Alex Avila
Alex Avila
Free-agent catcher Avila agrees to deal with White Sox
Published
Nov. 25, 2015 12:58 p.m. ET
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CHICAGO -- Free-agent catcher Alex Avila and the Chicago White Sox have agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.
Avila is a .242 hitter with 66 homers and 282 RBI during seven big-league seasons, all with the Detroit Tigers, and has thrown out 24.5 percent of attempted base stealers. The 28-year-old was limited to 67 games with Detroit last season because of injuries, including a left knee bone bruise.
Avila was an All-Star in 2011 when he set career highs with a .295 average, 19 homers and 82 RBI.
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He joins a White Sox team that finished fourth in the AL Central with 86 losses last season. Catcher Tyler Flowers batted .239 with nine homers and 39 RBI in 112 games.
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