The White Sox have agreed to a one-year, $12-million contract to avoid arbitration with third baseman Todd Frazier, the team announced Friday.
Frazier was one of five arbitration-eligible players who came to terms with the Sox this week.
The Sox also agreed to one-year deals with right-handed starter Miguel Gonzalez ($5.9 million), left-handed reliever Dan Jennings ($1.4 million), right-handed reliever Zach Putnam ($1,117,500) and Jake Petricka ($825,000). The Sox previously signed Brett Lawrie and Avisail Garcia and have no remaining arbitration-eligible players.
Frazier, 30, hit .225 with 21 doubles, 40 home runs, 98 RBIs and a .767 OPS in 2016, his first year with the Sox after arriving via a three-team trade from the Reds. This is his last year before he hits free agency.
Frazier is one of several players who could be traded at some point over the next year as the Sox move further into rebuilding mode.
Gonzalez, 32, went 5-8 with a 3.73 ERA over 24 appearances, including 23 starts, in 2016 after signing with the Sox as a free agent in April.
Jennings posted a 2.08 ERA over 64 appearances in 2016. Petricka and Putnam were limited by injuries in 2016. Petricka had season-ending hip surgery in June and Putnam underwent surgery to remove bone fragments in his elbow in August.
