GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The starting pitchers are nearly stretched out and now the relievers have begun to get their sea legs, too.
For part of the spring and in the days ahead, the White Sox will have their relievers pitch multiple innings in preparation for the regular season. Pitching coach Don Cooper wants his bullpen to be prepared for any scenarios as the staff starts to take shape. So Cooper has started to stretch his guys out in the case that they don’t bring a long man with them when they head to California next week.
“We’re guarding and making sure that everybody, no matter what role they might have, is equipped down here to go up and continue wherever we’re at,” Cooper said.