GLENDALE, Ariz. — Pitcher Erick Fedde and catcher Korey Lee had a brief conversation during a bullpen session Wednesday afternoon at Camelback Ranch.

Fedde executed the next pitch to Lee’s liking.

“Yeah,” the catcher said, approving of Fedde’s adjustment.

Fedde and Lee were Chicago White Sox teammates for a portion of the 2024 season. They were working together again Wednesday, a day after Fedde officially agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Sox.

“It’s exciting,” Fedde said of wearing a Sox uniform again. “It’s just been lots of great memories to remember. Everyone has been so kind in saying hello. It’s good to see old faces. It’s been a good couple of days.

“It just reminds me of times when things were good. In ’24 we weren’t the best team in the world but had some guys who were just breaking into the league. Seeing their excitement and seeing guys like (pitcher Jonathan) Cannon and Lee — threw to Lee today — it was like old times. But it was just cool to be back and love being in Arizona.”

Fedde went 7-4 with a 3.11 ERA in 21 starts for a 2024 Sox team that wound up losing a modern-record 121 games before he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a three-team, eight-player trade that July. He pitched last year for the Cardinals, Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers.

Reports of his return to the Sox first surfaced on Monday.

“It was kind of a quiet free agency for a while there, and then right as it got close to spring training, kind of heated up,” Fedde said. “Had a few offers, but the White Sox made the best one and a place where I felt very comfortable. Knew some faces and had some success. Felt like a great place to start back up again.”

The familiar faces included senior adviser to pitching Brian Bannister. The two chatted during Fedde’s workout Wednesday.

“He showed me a video right away and was like, ‘Hey do you remember doing this?’ I was like, ‘OK, yeah,’” Fedde said. “He said, ‘Let’s get back to this.’ It was a little mechanical thing. Just a few things to work on in catch every day and try to, brick by brick, get back to being good.”

Fedde looks to rebound after going a combined 4-13 with a 5.49 ERA in 32 appearances (24 starts) for the Cardinals, Braves and Brewers in 2025.

“It definitely kicked my butt into working shape for the offseason,” Fedde said. “For seam shift guys, if the ball isn’t spinning perfect, it makes it really tough. Just getting me back to where the ball is coming out of my hand clean and get the seams moving left and right.”

Fedde has eight years of big-league experience with the Washington Nationals (2017-22), Sox (2024), Cardinals (2024-25), Braves (2025) and Brewers (2025). He spent 2023 in the KBO League in South Korea, where he earned Most Valuable Player honors.

Sox manager Will Venable sees ways Fedde can aid the Sox on and off the field.

“Certainly, a guy that has been there and performed well in this league,” Venable said Wednesday. “One, to have his ability on our team, and which we can depend on, is great.

“But also, as an example to these young guys about how to go about their business and build the things on a daily basis that can lead to long-term success is huge for our group too.”

Cannon felt Fedde’s impact in 2024, calling him “a guy we all kind of looked up to a little bit and asked for a lot of advice.”

Fedde, who turns 33 on Feb. 25, embraces the role.

“It’s crazy, you blink and you go from the young guy to the old guy really quick,” Fedde said. “But I’m going to try to just do what the older guys did for me when I was a National and trained behind some Hall of Fame-quality guys with (Max) Scherzer, (Stephen) Strasburg, (Patrick) Corbin. It’s just about teaching the right way to go about things, what it looks like to be a professional.”

Fedde also is embracing the competition this spring for a role in the Sox rotation.

“Competition is healthy,” he said. “It’s not something I haven’t done before. But as long as it brings the best out of all of us, that’s important. In the end of the day, we are going to put the best players out there and try to win a bunch of ballgames.”