What It Means:

This was the result of the White Sox surprising decision to not tender Tyler Flowers on Wednesday night, who was the team's starting catcher in 2015. There may have been a verbal agreement already in place between Navarro and the club. He will join fellow free-agent signing Alex Avila as the White Sox will look a bit different behind the plate in 2016. They compliment each other well as Navarro is a switch-hitter who seems to favor matchups against lefties while Avila bats left-handed himself.

Navarro had 0.5 Wins Above Replacement in 2015 and put up a .246/.307/.374 slash with a 0.297 wOBA. This earned him a -0.19 nERD for the season.