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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.
Jackson Wittgren demonstrates just how adorable bullpen sessions are during the offseason. 🥰
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.