The White Sox bullpen took two hits last season when middle relievers Jake Petricka and Zach Putnam were forced out of action to have surgery. Their absences forced the Sox to turn to a group of inexperienced relievers to try to patch the holes, to varying degrees of success.
But the right-handers are both back at Camelback Ranch this spring to try to show they’re healthy again and reclaim their roles.
Petricka pitched just eight innings over nine games before he had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip in June. He is back to pitching without restrictions and said going to physical therapy twice a week throughout the offseason has kept him “on top of everything.