It looks like the White Sox are giving themselves some bullpen depth in much the same way they accomplished that goal a year ago. And if it works out in similar fashion, we could see the latest addition in the major leagues in 2019.

The White Sox added veteran reliever Randall Delgado on a minor league deal, according to FutureSox, seemingly following in the footsteps of last offseason's relievers on minor league contracts Hector Santiago, Chris Volstad, Bruce Rondon, Xavier Cedeno and Jeanmar Gomez.

Delgado, many years ago a very highly rated pitching prospect, has plenty of major league experience, with 271 big league appearances under his belt across eight seasons. The first two of those were spent with the Atlanta Braves, the last six with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was real good with the D-backs in 2015, posting a 3.25 ERA in 64 outings, and he had a similar workload a year later, with 79 appearances in 2016. But Delgado has only made it into 36 big league games since: 26 in 2017 and just 10 last year. He pitched in 13 games at Triple-A Reno in 2018, too.

Delgado can also start. He's made 53 major league starts in his career, including five in 2017. He made two starts in the minors last year.

White Sox fans likely won't be too happy to see this new pitcher's name tied to that list above, as only one of those guys, Cedeno, found much success during the 2018 season. Cedeno was great, with a 2.84 ERA before getting traded to the Milwaukee Brewers. But the rest weren't quite as effective. Santiago had a 4.41 ERA, walked 60 batters and gave up 16 homers in 102 innings. Volstad had a 6.27 ERA in 47.1 innings. Rondon had an 8.49 ERA in 29.2 innings. Gomez had a 4.68 ERA in 25 innings.

But this has been a strategy Rick Hahn's front office has found some success with in recent years. He turned a host of relievers into prospects with a flurry of trades during the 2017 season, with David Robertson, Anthony Swarzak, Tommy Kahnle, Dan Jennings and Tyler Clippard all sent out of town. Last season, offseason pickups Cedeno, Joakim Soria and Luis Avilan were traded in exchange for minor leaguers that could one day end up helping the rebuild.

Of course, Hahn has already made one far bigger addition to the bullpen this offseason, acquiring Alex Colome in a trade with the Seattle Mariners. Colome will likely be the White Sox new closer when the 2019 season begins, barring a bigger acquisition. But despite an age that could line up with the team's long-term plans, the only two years remaining on his contract could make him a midseason flip candidate, too, though that remains to be seen.

Who knows if Delgado will end up in the 'pen alongside Colome and the fleet of young arms we saw at the end of the 2018 season. Cedeno, for example, didn't pitch for the White Sox until June. Gomez didn't make his White Sox debut until mid July. But Delgado provides depth, specifically depth with major league experience.