The White Sox have reportedly agreed to a one-year contract with free-agent catcher Dioner Navarro on Thursday.
The deal is pending a physical, according to Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal.
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Navarro hit .246/.307/.374 with five home runs and 20 RBIs in 192 plate appearances for the Toronto Blue Jays last season. The year before, Navarro hit 12 homers and drove in 69 runs with a .274/.317/.395 slash line in 520 plate appearances.
The White Sox officially moved on from three-year starter Tyler Flowers on Wednesday night in hopes of improving their offense, general manager Rick Hahn said. They hope Navarro and veteran Alex Avila can pair together to spruce up an offense that was last in the American League in runs and home runs and 14th in on-base percentage.
Navarro, who played for the Cubs in 2013, is a .270/.336/.439 hitter versus left-handed pitching in a career that began in 2004. The White Sox will be his seventh team.