White Sox Agree To Terms With Jesse Crain
http://0rz.tw/zsWFf from Peter Gammons' Twitter
By Mike Axisa [December 15, 2010 at 7:53pm CST]
The White Sox have agreed to terms with free agent reliever Jesse Crain on a
three-year deal, tweets MLB.com's Peter Gammons. Crain was rumored to be
seeking a contract on par with Joaquin Benoit's, and Chicago has been looking
for relief help all offseason.
The 29-year-old right-hander had the best season of his career in 2010,
pitching to a 3.04 ERA with 8.2 K/9 in 68 innings for the Twins. Crain missed
most of the 2007 season due to shoulder surgery and then a few weeks with a
shoulder strain in 2009. He doesn't have much of a platoon split, holding
righties to a .239/.299/.359 batting line in his career compared to
.238/.332/.366 for lefties. Crain is represented by SFX.
He becomes the fourth reliever to received a three-year contract this winter,
joining Benoit, Scott Downs, and former teammate Matt Guerrier.