The White Sox could be calling on the pitcher known as “Thor” to eat up some innings this season.

The Sox signed Noah Syndergaard to a minor-league contract on Tuesday. The right-hander will report to the club’s complex in Glendale, Ariz.

“Excited about that,” manager Will Venable said. “He’s got some work to do. He’ll go to Arizona. We’ll get him stretched out. There are a couple of things that I know we’ve highlighted we want to work on with him and see where we are at.”

Syndergaard last pitched in the majors in 2023, going 2-6 with a 6.50 ERA and 56 strikeouts in 18 starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Guardians. He is 59-47 with a 3.71 ERA and 928 strikeouts during 164 career outings (162 starts) for the New York Mets (2015-19, 2021), Los Angeles Angels (2022), Philadelphia Phillies (2022), Dodgers (2023) and Guardians (2023).

He made a splash with the Mets, finishing fourth in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 2015, earning All-Star honors in 2016 and placing eighth in the NL Cy Young Award voting that year.

Venable, playing for the San Diego Padres, went 3-for-6 with a triple, two RBIs and two strikeouts against Syndergaard in 2015.

“I’m shocked I put the ball in play against him at all, so I’ll take it,” Venable said.

Syndergaard was limited to seven starts in 2017 because of a partial tear in his right lat muscle. He missed the 2020 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery and almost all of 2021 (pitching two innings in two starts) as he made his way back.

He appeared in 25 games (24 starts) for the Angels and Phillies in 2022. In 2023, he made 12 starts for the Dodgers and six for the Guardians before being released by Cleveland that August.

“All I know is that he has tried to do a lot of — make a lot of adjustments over the last couple years and kind of big changes and has really been searching,” Venable said. “So I think, without knowing the history of all that is, I think for us, it’s just going to be about simplifying his mix and getting him downhill and just sinker, slider, just trying to keep it simple.”

Syndergaard could be a rotation option for the Sox, who continue to keep a close eye on the innings of their young pitchers like Shane Smith, Davis Martin, Sean Burke and Jonathan Cannon. Martin went on the injured list Friday with a right forearm strain. Cannon, who is on the IL with a lower back strain, is scheduled for an injury rehab assignment start Tuesday for Triple-A Charlotte.

Last month, the Sox signed right-hander Adrian Houser. He has pitched at least five innings in each of his six starts for the club.

Right-hander Aaron Civale has made two starts for the Sox since being acquired in a trade from the Milwaukee Brewers for first baseman Andrew Vaughn on June 13.

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