Sources: Slugger Jimenez gets Rays minors deal

Former Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles slugger Eloy Jimenez is successful statement connected a insignificant convention woody pinch the Tampa Bay Rays, sources show ESPN.

Jimenez, 28, is coming disconnected different wounded plagued twelvemonth successful which he played successful 98 games divided betwixt Chicago and Baltimore aft spending the first 5.5 years pinch the White Sox. He deed a mixed .238 pinch conscionable six location runs successful 324 at-bats past season.

Overall, Jimenez has 95 profession location runs successful 534 games but hasn't played successful much than 122 games successful a play owed to injury. That profession precocious successful games played came successful 2019. Since then, he's appeared successful much than 100 games conscionable once.

Jimenez has immense powerfulness -- he deed 31 location runs his rookie play -- and will beryllium fixed a chance to rebound from respective down years arsenic the Rays vanished 28th successful location runs past play aft trading distant sluggers Isaac Parades and Randy Arozarena.