Former Savannah Banana Tristan Peters lining up his shot in White Sox outfield

MIAMI — There’s nothing smooth about White Sox outfielder Tristan Peters’ game.

“Gritty,” he calls it. “I’m going to run hard every time, try to beat out infield singles if I can and put my body on the line if I need to, just to make those catches.”

But it turns out Peters is pretty smooth on the line, when he wants to be. Line dancing, country and swing, that is.

The Savannah squad that Peters played for in 2021 wasn’t quite the choreographed touring spectacle that packed Rate Field last year and comes to Wrigley Field in July. He went 16-for-50 with four doubles across 17 games that could be considered collegiate amateur contests with regular dance interludes.

“It was still like regular baseball, but I enjoyed it very much. Made some good friends, too. They kind of pulled whatever they could out of you. I did do two dances, which I never would have seen myself doing before that,” Peters said.

He politely declined a demonstration during his first road trip with the Sox, but videos of his kilted ensemble performances — including a final one to the tune of Britney Spears’ “Baby One More Time” — aren’t difficult to track down online.

“It just brings up some of the more fun aspects of the game, especially for kids. They love that showy kind of stuff,” said Peters, who also played at Southern Illinois University and got drafted by the Brewers while wearing Banana yellow.

Acquired by the Sox from Tampa Bay in December for cash considerations, Peters showed out with a .270/.333/.514 spring training, including two doubles, two triples and a homer to grab a roster spot.

“It was good at-bats, grindy-type at bats, which we love to see,” assistant general manager Josh Barfield said. “He’s got some juice, but he can put down a bunt. It’s just a fun style of baseball to watch.”

After appearing in four games last season with the Rays, Peters knocked the first hit of his career last weekend in Milwaukee, the start of a five-game on-base streak. He also swiped his first career stolen base Tuesday in Miami and headed to Chicago hitting 5-for-15 with a double after the Sox’ god-awful first two series of the season.

“Tristan can get you in a lot of different ways,” manager Will Venable said. “Gives our offense a little bit of a different look and a different weapon in there… Really quality at-bats, really competitive and the defense is really good, too.”

Peters knows as well as anyone that nothing’s guaranteed for him with regular turnover this year between the Sox and Triple-A Charlotte, especially with injured utility player Brooks Baldwin on the mend and infield prospect Sam Antonacci taking regular reps in left field to hasten his path to The Show.

Peters will just keep lining it up as long as they let him.

“It’s always a blessing to be in big leagues,” Peters said. “Just trying to make the most of it. Having been with so many teams, it is kind of cool.”