{"id":491181,"date":"2025-12-23T19:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/491181\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T19:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:49:12","slug":"white-sox-continue-spending-spree-add-veteran-reliever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/491181\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox Continue Spending Spree, Add Veteran Reliever"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago White Sox<\/a> aren’t usually big spenders, having finished 2025 with the 26th-largest tax payroll in MLB<\/a>, but turned some heads Dec. 21 with the two-year, $34 million signing of international free agent Munetaka Murakami.<\/p>\n

Now, just two days later, the White Sox have signed left-hander Sean Newcomb to a one-year, $4.5 million deal.<\/p>\n

More news: Mets Expected to Sign Multiple Players After Jeff McNeil Trade, Says Insider<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcomb split time between the Boston Red Sox<\/a> and the Athletics<\/a> last season, making 36 of his 48 appearances with the latter. He struggled in Boston through 12 appearances \u2014 five of which came as starts \u2014 and posted a 3.95 ERA through 41 innings pitched.<\/p>\n

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The left-hander had played for the Oakland Athletics in both 2023 and 2024, posting a 4.32 ERA through his 14 games with the team across those two seasons. In 2025, though, he instantly made a much bigger impact on a struggling bullpen.<\/p>\n

Through his 36 games with the A’s last season, Newcomb posted a 1.75 ERA, leading all A’s pitchers, and was one of several relievers to record a save after Mason Miller’s departure to San Diego at the trade deadline. He converted both of his opportunities.<\/p>\n

Newcomb, understandably, had a much better away split with the Athletics \u2014 posting a 0.40 ERA through 13 games on the road compared to a 2.79 ERA through 23 games at home \u2014 and playing outside of a Triple-A ballpark in 2026 will definitely benefit him.<\/p>\n

More news: Pete Alonso Reveals True Feelings on Mets Exit After Orioles Deal<\/a><\/p>\n

Having lost 100 or more games in each of the last three seasons, the White Sox need as much help as they can get. Newcomb joins a serviceable bullpen which posted a 4.16 collective ERA last season \u2014 better than both the New York Yankees and the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n

The White Sox look to turn their luck around in 2026, and will hope their new signings can give them the boost they need to return to the postseason for the first time since 2021 \u2014 or at least drag them out of last place in the American League Central.<\/p>\n

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