GLENDALE, Ariz. — For the first time in three years, the White Sox will begin a season able to pencil Nate Jones into the middle of their bullpen mix.
Jones is finally healthy after undergoing a back procedure and Tommy John surgery that wiped out over a season and a half, limiting him to two games in 2014 and 19 games in 2015. He has the dubious distinction of being one of 48 players in major league history to have an infinite ERA in a season — he allowed four runs in two games and didn’t record an out before hitting the disabled list in 2014 — but returned strong last summer, posting a 3.