How the White Sox and Tim Anderson came to their creative contract extension

GLENDALE, Ariz. Among the many complex elements involved in getting a deal done, timing appears to have been the most critical for Tim Anderson and the White Sox. With Opening Day rapidly approaching, neither the White Sox nor Anderson's representatives at Reynolds Sports Management had any interest in allowing talks to extend into the season for the player's sake. "We felt now was the right opportunity to get the length of control we were looking for and we were comfortable with," White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said.