White Sox activate Mike Tauchman from IL, DFA Travis Jankowski

Copy Link

Email

Print

The Chicago White Sox reinstated outfielder Mike Tauchman from the 10-day injured list on Sunday.

In a corresponding move, Chicago designated outfielder Travis Jankowski for assignment.

Tauchman, 34, was put on the injured list March 27 (retroactive to March 23) due to a strained right hamstring. The White Sox signed him as a free agent in December.

Tauchman is a entering his eighth major league season and has played in 474 games with the Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs.

He has a career batting average of .241 with 32 home runs and 155 RBIs. He spent the past two seasons with the Cubs, batting .250 with 15 homers, 77 runs driven in…