Prior to agreeing for five years and 75 million dollars with the Chicago White Sox, Andrew Benintendi he had a chance to return to the Boston Red Sox.
Indeed, the masslive.com portal revealed that Boston contacted the member of the last All-Star Game in order to try to acquire him once more; However, the negotiations did not come to fruition and the New England entity took over the services of the Japanese outfielder, Masataka Yoshida, in exchange for 90 million in American currency over five seasons.
The Red Sox contacted former outfielder Andrew Benintendi at the beginning of free agency.
According to the Boston Globe’s @alexspeierthe Sox never showed a willingness to go near the five-year, $75M deal he signed with the White Sox.
— Beyond the Monster (@BeyondtheMnstr) December 24, 2022
After playing for the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees in 2022, Benintendi was released at the end of the season, becoming one of the most coveted free agents among left fielders. It was in this condition that he agreed with the Chicago White Sox, an organization that did not hesitate to hire him.
Of course, the winner of a Gold Glove in the left field will always be linked to red soxfranchise that signed him for the professional and which he represented in the majors between 2016 and 2020, before sending him to Kansas City.
Feel like Benintendi never got to show New York his true potential… Hoping he gets another chance pic.twitter.com/QdhHZAbvRP
— ZT (@NY_EvilEmpire) December 14, 2022
Apparently, the White Sox ended up beating Yankees and the Red Sox themselves in the race for an Andrew Benintendi who will start next season at the age of 28.
