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By acquiring Luis Avilan and Joakim Soria from the Dodgers as part of a three-team, six-player deal that also included the Royals, the White Sox immediately improved a bullpen that was decimated by trades and injury in 2017. But as is the case for any deal involving veterans going to a rebuilding organization, there's more to the trade than what's viewed at face value. The White Sox also received $3 million in cash considerations, according to various reports. That total helps offset salaries for the left-handed Avilan, who is arbitration-eligible after earning $1.5 million in 2017, and the right-handed Soria, who has $9 million left on a three-year, $25 million deal with a $10 million mutual option for '19. Soria and Avilan provide late-inning help, along with a healthy Nate Jones and Juan Minaya, who recorded nine saves as the White Sox last closer this past season. Soria and Avilan are also candidates to be flipped mid-season if the team falls out of contention.
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