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White Sox, Dayan Viciedo avoid arbitration with 1-year, $2.8 million deal

The White Sox signed Dayan Viciedo out of Cuba in 2008. (Brian Kersey/Getty Images)

The White Sox signed Dayan Viciedo out of Cuba in 2008. (Brian Kersey/Getty Images)

The Chicago White Sox have avoided arbitration by signing left fielder Dayan Viciedo to a one-year deal worth $2.8 million, according to the New York Post's Joel Sherman.

Viciedo hit .265 with 14 home runs in 473 plate apperances in 2013, his second full season with the club.

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The new deal will keep the Cuban-born 24-year old at his 2013 salary. He will not be eligible for free agency until the 2018 season.

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