Cleveland reliever puts his kid to work
Offseason bullpen sessions can be fun for the whole family. Just ask Cleveland reliever Nick Wittgren. Wittgren enlisted his young son, Jackson, as a ballboy for a recent backyard throwing session, with Wittgren throwing into a net and Jackson retrieving the baseball for his dad.
Offseason bullpen sessions can be fun for the whole family. Just ask Cleveland reliever
Wittgren enlisted his young son, Jackson, as a ballboy for a recent backyard throwing session, with Wittgren throwing into a net and Jackson retrieving the baseball for his dad.
Jackson Wittgren demonstrates just how adorable bullpen sessions are during the offseason. 🥰
— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) November 24, 2020
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Wittgren's wife, Ashley, caught Nick and Jackson on camera and posted the video.
Jackson can swing the bat, too -- he hit Wittgren in the face with a (plastic) ball during indoor batting practice back in February.
The Wittgrens' family teamwork must be the key to Nick's success with the Tribe -- the 29-year-old right-hander is 7-1 with a 2.99 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 80 appearances for Cleveland over the past two seasons.
David Adler is a reporter for MLB.com based in New York. Follow him on Twitter at @_dadler.
