White Sox Avoid Arbitration, Agree To 1-Year Deals With Avisail Garcia, Brett Lawrie

(CBS) The White Sox avoided arbitration with outfielder/designated hitter Avisail Garcia and infielder Brett Lawrie on Friday, as both agreed to one-year deals.

The 25-year-old Garcia signed for $3.5 million. He hit .245 with 12 homers and 51 RBIs in 120 games in 2016.

The 26-year-old Lawrie signed for $3 million. That marks a pay cut for Lawrie, who played on a $4.1 million deal in 2016, when he hit .248 with 12 homers and 36 RBIs in 94 games. He missed the final two months of the season with a left hamstring injury.

Additionally, the White Sox on Friday declined to tender a 2017 contract to 28-year-old right-hander Blake Smith, who had a 6.23 ERA in five appearances in September after spending the season at Triple-A Charlotte.

All other unsigned players of the White Sox have been tendered contracts.