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- Updated: May 16, 2016
CHICAGO — It was one day after Alex Avila’s one-year, $2.5 million free-agent deal with the White Sox became public that the catcher received a call from former Tigers manager and former White Sox coach Jim Leyland to add a little information on his new team.
“I knew how much the players enjoyed playing for [White Sox manager] Robin [Ventura], and how professional the staff was,” said Avila, who played seven years against the White Sox with Detroit. “[Leyland] told me how much I was going to love it and was telling me how loyal [White Sox owner] Mr. Reinsdorf is. It has been a great experience so far.”
Avila stands as one of nine new players on the White Sox active roster, although they aren’t really new anymore 38 games into the 2016 regular season. That total turnover seems awfully large to assimilate and mold into an American League Central champion roster and beyond, but the Cubs are the lone team with a bigger division lead than the South Siders’ five-game advantage as of Monday.
Having this new group made up of Todd Frazier, Brett Lawrie, Avila, Dioner Navarro, Mat Latos, Jerry Sands, Austin Jackson, Jimmy Rollins and Miguel Gonzalez …
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