The Chicago White Sox have signed veteran outfielder Mike Tauchman to a contract, as Scott Merkin of MLB.com reported Monday evening.

Tauchman joins veteran outfielder Austin Slater as new players acquired by the White Sox this offseason.

Tauchman, who just turned 34, is a veteran of seven seasons with the New York Yankees, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs. He has spent the last two years on the North Side after spending the 2022 season playing in the KBO. With the Cubs, he hit .250 with 15 home runs total.

The White Sox have been historically bad in 2024, going 41-121. So, they have opportunities all over the field and few prospects ready to play in the big leagues to take them. Tauchman will serve as a stopgap option until the team can acquire and/or develop more talent in the farm system.

If Tauchman – or Slater – plays well, perhaps the team could trade them at the deadline for a prospect who could help in the future.

Tauchman’s best year, a lifetime .248 hitter, came with the 2019 Yankees, when he hit 13 home runs and drove in 47 runs.

As for the rest of the White Sox offseason? They’re surely focused on an impending trade for ace pitcher Garrett Crochet, who has suitors around the league. The White Sox are reportedly interested in a position player package return for the left-hander, who appeared in the All-Star Game last season.

We’ve already heard him connected to the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies this offseason. There are undoubtedly others hiding too.

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