White Sox, Giolito agree to deal to avoid arbitration originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The White Sox and ace Lucas Giolito have agreed to a one-year deal for 2022 to avoid arbitration, the team announced Friday.
The one-year deal with Giolito — who’s under club control and arbitration-eligible through 2023 — is worth $7.45 million.
Giolito and the Sox failed to come to terms on a contract for 2022 ahead of last week’s arbitration deadline. The next step was going to be an arbitration hearing to determine the right-hander’s 2022 salary figure.
Giolito filed at $7.5 million, and the Sox at $7.3 million.
Giolito called the lack of an agreement before the deadline “very frustrating,” and “very unfortunate, disheartening” last week.
However, general manager Rick Hahn stressed the team’s relationship with Giolito was still strong despite the lack of an agreement.
“This is not a reflection, in our opinion, of anything to do specifically with him,” Hahn said of Giolito last week. “This is a function of the arbitration process.
“We have a long and successful history with Lucas and a deep relationship with him. Certainly don’t think this is going to have, regardless of any result, any negative impact on that relationship going forward.”
Hahn also left open the possibility of an agreement with Giolito to avoid a hearing.
“Usually these things come down to a small amount,” Hahn said. “Last year on Lucas, in fact, there was a slightly larger gap at the end, and we reached to get something done and were successful.
“We tried to reach again this year and thus far came up a little short. But obviously you look and we’re $200 grand apart sitting here today … that being a small gap, we’ll see where things go.”
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