Former Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly reportedly agrees to deal with White Sox

Joe Kelly’s Dodgers tenure has seemingly drawn to an finish, with the reliever reportedly agreeing to a two-year cope with the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.

Kelly, 33, spent the previous three seasons in Los Angeles after signing a $25 million contract in December 2018, making 115 appearances out of the Dodgers bullpen.

He started his Dodgers tenure with an up-and-down 2019 efficiency, when he had a 4.56 ERA and was charged with the loss when the workforce fell to the Washington Nationals in Recreation 5 of the Nationwide League Division Sequence.

He bounced again the previous two years, nevertheless, turning into a key cog on the 2020 squad that gained the World Sequence and ending his Dodgers profession with a second consecutive sub-3.00 ERA final season.

Kelly additionally was a fan favourite, beloved for his “Mariachi Joe” persona — culminating when he wore a mariachi jacket to the workforce’s go to to the White Home final 12 months — and a memorable shouting match with the Houston Astros’ Carlos Correa throughout a recreation in 2020, when Kelly sarcastically pouted at one of many gamers who had been concerned within the Astros sign-stealing scandal three years early.

A free agent this offseason, Kelly mentioned throughout a radio look final month that he wished to return to the Dodgers and that “the curiosity is mutual, so we obtained to make one thing occur.”

Nevertheless, no reunion got here to be, with Kelly turning into the newest free company departure for a Dodgers workforce that additionally noticed Max Scherzer signal with the New York Mets and Corey Seager go to the Texas Rangers.

The Dodgers’ solely notable remaining free agent is nearer Kenley Jansen.