The White Sox have agreed to a two-year, $12 million take care of left-hander Anthony Kay, a supply instructed MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand on Wednesday. The membership hasn’t confirmed the deal, which features a $10 million mutual possibility for 2028.
The 30-year-old spent the previous two seasons pitching for the Yokohama Bay Stars in Japan and had a 1.74 ERA with 130 strikeouts and 41 walks over 155 innings in 2025. A supply instructed Feinsand that Kay had extra profitable provides to maintain pitching in Nippon Skilled Baseball, however the southpaw opted to return to MLB.
A local of Stony Brook, N.Y., Kay was chosen by the Mets out of the College of Connecticut with the thirty first total choose within the 2016 MLB Draft, earlier than being traded to Toronto alongside Simeon Woods Richardson for Marcus Stroman in ’19.
Kay recorded a 5.59 ERA for the Blue Jays, Cubs and Mets from 2019-23 and briefly hung out within the Athletics group earlier than electing free company when he was outrighted off the A’s 40-man roster. He signed with Yokohama in January 2024.
After rejuvenating his profession abroad, Kay will get one other alternative to pitch within the Majors. He solely has seven huge league begins beneath his belt, however he’s more likely to be a part of a White Sox rotation that additionally at present consists of Shane Smith, Davis Martin, Sean Burke and Jonathan Cannon.
