FILE - In this July 27, 2014, file photo, Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Melky Cabrera makes a sliding catch of Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki's ninth-inning flyout to deep left field in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. A person with direct knowledge of the deal says the Chicago White Sox have finalized a $42 million, three-year contract with free-agent outfielder Cabrera. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Monday, Dec. 15 on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the agreement. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
December 16, 2014 - 9:32 AM
CHICAGO - The White Sox have announced a $42 million, three-year contract with free-agent outfielder Melky Cabrera.
Cabrera will make $13 million in next year, $14 million in 2016 and $15 million in the final season of the deal. The agreement also includes limited no-trade provision for the 30-year-old Cabrera, who hit .301 with 16 homers and 73 RBIs in 139 games with Toronto last season.
The busy White Sox already had a news conference scheduled for Tuesday to introduce off-season acquisitions Jeff Samardzija and David Robertson, and the team said Cabrera will be available, as well.
Cabrera made his major league debut in 2005 with the New York Yankees and is a .286 career hitter with 88 homers and 520 RBIs in 1,211 games.
News from © The Associated Press, 2014