CHICAGO – The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on minor-league contracts with the following seven free agents: right-handed pitcher Kyle Crick, left-handers Wes Benjamin, Brandon Finnegan and Yacksel Rios, catcher Nick Ciuffo, and outfielders Luis Basabe and Dwight Smith Jr.
All seven players, in addition to 12 others from within the organization, have received non-roster invites to the club’s spring training camp in Glendale, Ariz.
Right-handed pitchers Caleb Freeman, Tyler Johnson, Kade McClure and Emilio Vargas, left-handers Tanner Banks, Andrew Perez and Hunter Schryver, catchers Carlos Pérez and Xavier Fernández, infielders Zach Remillard and José Rodríguez, and outfielder Yoelqui Céspedes received invites to major-league camp from within the system.
The White Sox begin the 2022 Cactus League season on Thursday, March 17 with split-squad games against the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch-Glendale and Sloan Park with both games starting at 1:05 p.m. AZT (3:05 p.m. CT). NBC Sports Chicago will televise the Sox spring opener at CB-R.
