The Chicago White Sox called up outfielder Tommy Pham from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday.
The White Sox also selected the contract of outfielder Rafael Ortega from Charlotte, optioned outfielder Dominic Fletcher to the Triple-A club and designated journeyman outfielder Kevin Pillar and left-hander Bailey Horn for assignment.
The White Sox signed Pham to a minor league deal on April 16. He hit .294 (5-for-17) with a double, an RBI and two stolen bases in four games at Charlotte.
Pham, 36, spent time with the New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks last season, playing in 129 games. He hit .256 with 16 home runs and 68 RBIs.
Pham has compiled a .259 batting average with 130 homers and 431 RBIs in 1,005 games with the St. Louis Cardinals (2014-18), Tampa Bay Rays (2018-19), San Diego Padres (2020-21), Cincinnati Reds (2022), Boston Red Sox (2022), Mets and Diamondbacks.
Ortega, 32, is batting .241 with three homers, 14 RBIs and 11 runs in 18 games this season with Charlotte.
He is a career .247 hitter with 22 homers, 109 RBIs and 136 runs in 411 career games with the Colorado Rockies (2012), Los Angeles Angels (2016), Miami Marlins (2018), Atlanta Braves (2019), Chicago Cubs (2021-22) and the Mets (2023).
Fletcher, 26, is batting .203 with six RBIs in 20 games this season with the White Sox.
Pillar, 35, is batting .160 with one homer and four RBIs in 17 games this season with the White Sox.
He is a career .257 hitter with 107 home runs and 427 RBIs in 1,131 games with the Toronto Blue Jays (2013-19), San Francisco Giants (2019), Red Sox (2020), Rockies (2020), Mets (2021), Los Angeles Dodgers (2022), Braves (2023) and White Sox.
Horn, 26, is 1-1 this season with an 11.32 ERA in nine relief appearances with Charlotte.
–Field Level Media
