Moncada welcomes expectations awaiting White Sox

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — It didn’t take long for Yoan Moncada — the face of the White Sox future, acquired from Boston with three other prospects for Chris Sale on Tuesday — to get in touch with Jose Abreu, the face of the White Sox present.

“Abreu texted me yesterday,” Moncada said through translator Billy Russo during a conference call on Wednesday. “He welcomed me to the White Sox organization. We were talking a little bit about this opportunity for both of us to play again.

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“I can reconnect with Abreu, and he’s a person who is going to give me some advice. He will be like a tutor for me.”

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Moncada and Abreu played together with Cienfuegos in Cuba during the 2012 season. But before the switch-hitting infielder looks to Abreu for season-long advice, he’d better make sure the first baseman, who has accumulated at least 25 home runs and 100 RBIs in each of his first three big league seasons, remains with the White Sox.

General manager Rick Hahn has already added four of the Top 40 prospects in …

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