The death of the former White Sox closer prompted a teammate to call out ESPN for suggesting Jenks was a marginal player on the 2005 World Series champions.

A social media post by ESPN has drawn criticism after it described the late Bobby Jenks as being “on the roster” of the White Sox's 2005 world champonship team in a post about his death earlier this week.

ESPN is facing backlash over a social media post that addressed the death of former MLB reliever Bobby Jenks. Jenks died at the age of 44 on Friday following a battle with stomach cancer.