The Chicago White Sox bullpen was dealt a major blow last season with the loss of Jake Petricka to injury. The White Sox bullpen would later lose relief pitcher Zach Putnam to injury in June, and the middle relief would suffer. With the loss of both Petricka and Putnam, the White Sox relied heavily on young pitchers with little to no MLB experience.
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This ultimately hurt the White Sox in 2016, as they didn’t have a solid bridge to their two best relief pitchers in Nate Jones and David Robertson.