<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/white-sox-news-andrew-benintendi-grady-sizemores-message-100th-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'White Sox’s Andrew Benintendi reveals Grady Sizemore’s message after historic 100th loss');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/08-26-24-sizemore-benintendi-featured.jpg"></figure><h1>White Sox’s Andrew Benintendi reveals Grady Sizemore’s message after historic 100th loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-26T08:13:19-07:00">August 26th, 8:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-26T08:13:19-07:00">August 26th, 8:13am</time><address><a>David Korn</a>David Korn is an MLB associate editor at ClutchPoints. He is also a producer at MLB Network Radio and covers college basketball for A10Talk. David graduated from George Washington in 2023, where he was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for their Men's and Women's Basketball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago White Sox made some unfortunate history on Sunday. During their 9-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-white-sox-make-embarrassing-history-100th-loss">White Sox became the second-fastest team</a> to reach 100 losses.</p><p>After the game, White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi revealed what interim manager Grady Sizemore’s <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40993611/chicago-white-sox-lose-100th-game-detroit-tigers-sweep" rel="noopener">message to the team</a> has been during this disaster of a year.</p><p>“We have been talking about it all year,” Benintendi said. “It’s beating a dead horse at this point. We are not where we want to be. [Interim manager Grady Sizemore] said it best: ‘Unless you win the last game of the year, it doesn’t matter.’ So, I think everyone has moved on.”</p><p>For a team that has struggled so much, this is probably the correct attitude to have it the clubhouse. It has to be demoralizing to lose so often, so keeping the ultimate goal of winning the World Series in mind is a great way to keep the difficulties of this season in perspective.</p><p>The White Sox’s on-field performance has not necessarily improved under Sizemore, who is 3-11 since being named interim manager after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-fire-pedro-grifol-amid-historically-bad-2024-campaign">former manager Pedro Grifol was fired</a> on Aug. 8. However, based on Benintendi’s comments it seems like Sizemore has done as good of a job as anyone could in keeping the clubhouse together, which is as important as winning games at this point in the White Sox’s season.</p><h2><b>White Sox’s historically bad 2024 season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/08-26-24-sizemore-image.jpg"><figcaption>© D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>With a 31-100 record, the only team to hit the century mark faster than this year’s White Sox were the Philadelphia A’s in 1916, who reached 100 losses with a 29-100-1 record. Going forward, the White Sox need to go 12-19 to have a better record than the 1962 New York Mets, who ended their season with 1 40-120-1 record, the worst in modern baseball history.</p><p>This is the sixth time in White Sox history where they have lost 100 or more games, and the first time they have lost 100 games in consecutive seasons after going 61-101 last year. They dropped a franchise-worst 106 games in 1970. Their worst winning percentage came in 1932 when they went 49-102-1 (.325).</p><p>The White Sox have had two notable losing streaks this season, losing 14 games in a row in late May and early June and 21 straight through July and early August.</p><p>Despite all of the negatives this season, there is still some hope for the future. Even though he currently has the interim tag, it has been reported that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-white-sox-grady-sizemore-future">Sizemore will be considered for the open managerial position</a> this offseason if he impresses during the remaining few weeks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

White Sox’s Andrew Benintendi reveals Grady Sizemore’s message after historic 100th loss

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/red-sox-news-boston-fans-will-love-andrew-benintendi-chris-sale-comments');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox fans will love Andrew Benintendi’s Chris Sale comments');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Andrew-Benintendi-Chris-Sale-White-Sox-Red-Sox.jpg"></figure><h1>Red Sox fans will love Andrew Benintendi’s Chris Sale comments</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-22T17:51:24-07:00">September 22nd, 5:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-22T17:51:55-07:00">September 22nd, 5:51pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chicago White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi spent five seasons as a member of the Boston Red Sox and even won a World Series with the team. In fact, he was a teammate of Chris Sale for four of those years and knows just how special of a human being the left-hander is.</p><p>Ahead of the series opener between the White Sox and Red Sox on Friday, Benintendi had<a href="https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/1705345314687783380" rel="noopener"> nothing but praise</a> for Sale before facing the veteran:</p><p>Via Scott Merkin:</p><p>“He’s one of the best teammates I’ve ever been around. He would take the shirt off his back for you. It will be fun to watch him out there tonight throwing against us.”</p><p>Sale might be a hothead at times, but it’s clear all of his teammates love him. Unfortunately, injuries have limited the southpaw to just 29 starts across the last three seasons. In 2023, he’s 6-4 with a 4.66 ERA, striking out 116 in 92.2 innings. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-chris-sales-latest-rehab-start-amid-impending-injury-return-have-boston-fans-fired-up" rel="noopener">The old Chris Sale</a> has shown up at times.</p><p>As for Benintendi,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-triston-casas-bobby-dalbec-roster" rel="noopener"> the Red Sox</a> traded him to the Kansas City Royals just before Spring Training in 2021. He spent a year and a half there before they shipped him off to the New York Yankees at the 2022 deadline. Things didn’t work out and Benintendi ultimately ended up signing a five-year, $75 million deal with the White Sox before this season.</p><p>Red Sox fans will always have a soft spot for Benintendi, who came up with the ball club and played a key part in their 2018 title. They also know just how brilliant Sale is and hopefully, he can stay healthy and find his best once again.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox fans will love Andrew Benintendi’s Chris Sale comments

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/white-sox-news-andrew-benintendi-division');   ga('set', 'title', 'Andrew Benintendi drops truth bomb on White Sox season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-22-at-4.38.11-PM.png"></figure><h1>Andrew Benintendi drops truth bomb on White Sox season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-22T13:42:04-07:00">May 22nd, 1:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-22T13:42:04-07:00">May 22nd, 1:42pm</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-dodgers-trade-interest-tim-anderson-white-sox-major-update" rel="noopener">Chicago White Sox were wiped off</a> the face of the baseball world a few weeks ago in the midst of a dreadful first month of the season. Baseball is a funny game though, where one good week could turn a team’s season around.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-make-mike-clevinger-injury-move" rel="noopener">White Sox are coming off</a> their first sweep of the 2023 season and a 5-1 week. Despite a 19-29 record and plenty more negatives than positives to share, outfielder Andrew Benintendi said Chicago is still confident they can <a href="https://allchgo.com/2023/05/21/white-sox-sweep-in-summer-with-better-play-vibes-in-effort-to-shake-off-bad-start-this-wont-break-us/" rel="noopener">compete for a division title.</a></p><p>“Coming out of spring training, your hopes are always high, and you never really know what’s going to happen. But in the spring, we definitely thought we could be a team that competes and wins a division, and we all still think that and that’s what we’re striving for,” Benintendi said.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-perfect-tim-anderson-los-angeles-white-sox-trade" rel="noopener">White Sox were 8-21</a> entering May. They’re 11-9 in the second full month of the season so far, fighting for a winning month to jumpstart their season before summer hits. Chicago is 6.5 games back of first place in the AL Central.</p><p>Andrew Benintendi himself has enjoyed recent success at the plate. He currently has an eight-game hitting streak and is hitting .278 in May. He said that winning keeps everyone’s attitudes afloat.</p><p>“It’s been better. Obviously, winning takes care of everything. The more games we win, the better everybody’s attitude is (and the better everybody) feels,” Benintendi said. “No one’s going to put more pressure on us than we do ourselves. So we’ve just got to go out there, play and have fun and win games.”</p><p>The White Sox have been doing more winning than usual lately. It’ll be interesting to see where Chicago stands in a couple of weeks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Andrew Benintendi drops truth bomb on White Sox season

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He primarily covers the NFL, MLB and NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago White Sox signed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-andrew-benintendi-breaks-silence-on-signing-in-chicago" rel="noopener">Andrew Benintendi </a>to a five-year, $75 million contract in free agency. The New York Yankees had hoped to keep the Benintendi, but they were outbid by the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/from-andrew-benintendi-mike-clevinger-grading-white-sox-mlb-free-agency" rel="noopener">White Sox</a> in free agency.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-3-position-battles-to-watch-in-spring-training" rel="noopener">Yankees</a> were reportedly willing to give Benintendi a four-year deal. When the White Sox went to five years, the outfielder made what was a<a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/10/ex-yankee-andrew-benintendi-where-i-should-be-with-white-sox/"> seemingly easy decision</a>.</p><p>“It was an offer I couldn’t refuse. This is where I wanted to be and where I should be,” Andrew Benintendi said in White Sox camp, via The New York Post. “It’s not something specifically where I wanted to stay in the Midwest. But as far as the teams that were interested, I think this was the best fit.”</p><p>There were rumors in the offseason that the Yankees would have a hard time re-signing Benintendi because he wanted to play in the Midwest. New York acquired Benintendi shortly before the 2022 MLB trade deadline. Benintendi played 33 games with the Yankees before a hand injury ended his season.</p><p>When<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-judge-kicks-off-spring-training-by-taking-1st-base-reps" rel="noopener"> Aaron Judge</a> re-signed with the Yankees, he told the team that it should keep Benintendi, according to The New York Post’s Jon Heyman. New York’s inability to re-sign Benintendi is already being felt. Center fielder Harrison Bader could miss the start of the season with an oblique strain, leaving a hole in the Yankees’ outfield.</p><p>Benintendi set career-highs with a .304 batting average and a .399 on-base percentage last season. He made his first All-Star team in 2022.</p><p>The White Sox are looking to bounce back from a disappointing 81-81 campaign. Chicago had made the playoffs in each of the previous two seasons.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

White Sox’ Andrew Benintendi opens up on ditching the Yankees in free agency

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Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Andrew Benintendi <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/andrew-benintendi-introduced-by-white-sox" rel="noopener">broke his silence</a> on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-andrew-benintendi-leaves-yankees-chicago-5-year-75-million-contract" rel="noopener">signing in Chicago</a> with the White Sox, per Scott Merkin of MLB.com. The outfielder was a highly sought-after free agency target this offseason. However, he flew under the radar to an extent given the presences of high-profile names such as Aaron Judge and Carlos Correa on the open market. Benintendi ultimately landed a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/andrew-benintendi-grading-the-white-sox-5-year-75-million-contract" rel="noopener">5-year, $75 million contract</a> with Chicago, which happens to be the largest guaranteed contract in White Sox history.</p><p>“It’s fun to be part of something where you’re desired, where you’re wanted,” Benintendi said. “I’m looking forward to getting to know some guys, build relationships and get this thing going.”</p><p>Benintendi was a top-tier prospect prior to making his big league debut in 2016 with the Boston Red Sox. He remained in Boston through the 2020 season before ending up in Kansas City with the Royals in 2021. After hitting over .300 through the first half of 2022 in KC, he was traded to the New York Yankees.</p><p>Andrew Benintendi then hit free agency this offseason and the rest is history.</p><p>Benintendi will provide a spark for a White Sox’ lineup that labored throughout the 2022 campaign. His contact ability should lead to RBI opportunities for players such as Eloy Jimenez, Luis Robert, and Yasmani Grandal. The White Sox are hopeful he can help them get back to the postseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.229	20	64	0.685	3

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.229	20	64	0.685	3

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