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ChiSox sign Jenks for 1-year, $5.6M

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Monday, January 19, 2009

The White Sox have signed closer Bobby Jenks to a record-setting one-year, $5.6 million contract. The $5.6 million is the highest salary in history by a closer who was arbitration-eligible for the first time, at least for the moment. Jonathan Papelbon of the Red Sox is also arbitration-eligible for the first time, and there is widespread speculation that he will top that figure. The previous record was $5 million, by Eric Gagne in 2004, the year after his historic 55-save season for the Dodg ...

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