Grandal agreed Sunday with the Pirates on a one-year $2.5 million contract, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Analysis: Grandal can earn more with the incentives in the contract. He will join the Pirates after spending the last four seasons with the White Sox. The catcher lost playing time down the final stretch of the season, sitting behind Korey Lee. The 35-year-old had a .489 OPS over 102 plate appearances in the final two months. With Henry Davis entering the spring as a catcher, Grandal will look to play behind him.
Yasmani Grandal Filling in for resting Lee
Grandal will start at catcher and bat seventh in Monday's game in Washington, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Analysis: Grandal was on the bench for each of the White Sox's last four games but will pick up a start Monday while top backstop Korey Lee gets a breather. Though Lee is off to a 3-for-46 (.065 average) start to his time with the White Sox, he could still get the bulk of the starts at catcher over Grandal for the final two weeks of the season while the non-contending club plays out the string.
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