Left-hander Anthony Kay and White Sox finalize a $12 million, 2-year contract
ORLANDO Fla AP Left-hander Anthony Kay returned to the major leagues on Tuesday finalizing a million two-year contract with the Chicago White Sox Kay will get salaries of million each in and and the deal includes a million mutual option for with a million buyout The -year-old pitched in Japan for the past two years for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars leading the Central League with a ground-ball percentage and strikeouts per nine innings He last appeared in a big league match on Oct with the New York Mets Chicago finished last in the AL Central this year with a - record a -game improvement from the previous season The White Sox are hoping to take another step forward in behind a promising group of young players that includes Colson Montgomery Kyle Teel and Chase Meidroth Kay started in Japan but he worked out of the bullpen mostly during his first stint in the majors Kay was selected by the Mets in the first round of the amateur draft out of the University of Connecticut He is - with a ERA in major league games also playing for Toronto and the Chicago Cubs AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source