Yoan Moncada of the Chicago White Sox has one of the worst MLB contracts
The Chicago White Sox signed Yoán Moncada to a five-year, $70 million extension following a breakout 2019 season where he hit .315/.367/.548 for a 140 OPS+ with 34 doubles, 25 home runs and 5.2 WAR in 132 games.
His performance has been up and down in the years since, and the 2022 season was a clear down. He hit only .212 with a 76 OPS+ and 0.9 WAR in 104 games while missing time with quad and hamstring injuries.
His batted-ball data provides little in the way of optimism, as his hard-hit rate (33rd percentile), average exit velocity (43rd percentile), xBA (12th percentile) and xwOBA (18th percentile) were all well below his career marks.
Moncada has all the talent in the world, but without any consistency to his game of late, it’s difficult to assess whether he’ll truly be worth his 2023 salary of $17.8 million.