Back in November the White Sox signed free agent first baseman Adam LaRoche to a two-year, $25 million deal and now they’ve signed his brother, Andy LaRoche, to a minor-league contract.
Andy LaRoche was once considered a top prospect in the Dodgers farm system--higher rated as a prospect than Adam LaRoche ever was, in fact--but he struggled in 404 games as a big leaguer for four different teams and has spent most of the past three seasons at Triple-A.
Baseball America rated Andy LaRoche as a top-100 prospect in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008--including top-20 spots twice--but now at age 32 he’s mostly organization depth and someone to hang out with Adam during spring training.
