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White Sox call up Purke for first MLB taste
- Updated: May 13, 2016
NEW YORK — At 25, and as part of the White Sox bullpen at historic Yankee Stadium, Matt Purke is living the Major League Baseball moment he dreamed about since being selected by the Nationals in the 2011 MLB Draft.
But there could have been one thing that made this callup from Triple-A Charlotte even more perfect for the southpaw from Nacogdoches, Texas.
“I’m not complaining that I’m here,” a smiling Purke said in the visitors’ clubhouse prior to Friday’s series opener. “But it would have been perfect had it been last series.”
The White Sox are coming off of a series loss in Texas, where the bullpen worked a total of 10 1/3 innings. Adding Purke not only gives the White Sox a fresh long reliever but also allows manager Robin Ventura to use Dan Jennings in more of a left-handed specialist role later in the game.
Jennings had been working primarily in extended relief to date.
“You can use him a little bit more in being able to come in and get a couple of lefties if he needs to do it,” said Ventura of Jennings. “You still have protection down there for a little bit longer.
“Especially [the Yankees], they do have a …
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