"11:04am: The White Sox and left-hander Anthony Kay are in agreement on a two-year, $12MM contract, reports Robert Murray of Fansided. The former first-round pick and top prospect, who's represented by CAA, has spent the past two seasons pitching well for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. It's a familiar page in general manager 's playbook: sign a former first-rounder to a two-year deal on the heels of a strong run pitching in one of the top leagues in Asia."
"Albertus and Perez rank within the top 25 prospects in the Sox' system. The Sox will hope for similar results in their similarly priced investment into Kay. The 30-year-old southpaw (31 in March) has pitched 291 2/3 innings since heading to Japan. In that time, he's logged a 2.53 ERA with a 20.9% strikeout rate, 7.9% walk rate and 54.5% ground-ball rate in 48 starts out of the BayStars' rotation."
Anthony Kay agreed to a two-year, $12MM contract with the Chicago White Sox that pays $5MM in each of the next two seasons and includes a $10MM mutual option for 2028 with a $2MM buyout and up to $1.5MM in incentives. Kay is a former first-round pick represented by CAA who spent the past two seasons with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball. Kay has pitched 291 2/3 innings in Japan with a 2.53 ERA, 20.9% strikeout rate, 7.9% walk rate and 54.5% ground-ball rate in 48 starts. The White Sox hope the signing mirrors prior international pickups that produced MLB contributors and controllable assets.
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