GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Lenyn Sosa is coming off the best of his four seasons with the Chicago White Sox. And his future is murky at the moment.

Sosa led Chicago with a career-high 22 homers and 75 RBIs in 140 games last year. But the rebuilding White Sox signed Munetaka Murakami in the offseason, creating a logjam in their infield.

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