A key member of the Chicago White Sox bullpen is back after the team reinstated Garrett Crochet from the injured list Tuesday.

The left-hander missed all of last season after Tommy John surgery.

Crochet exited a March 31, 2022, Cactus League game against the Cincinnati Reds in Goodyear, Ariz., with the elbow injury and had surgery five days later.

He made six rehab appearances this spring at Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte with a combined 7.50 ERA. He allowed five runs on six hits in six innings with eight strikeouts and four walks.

The No. 11 pick in the 2020 draft, Crochet is 3-5 with a 2.82 ERA, 12 holds, 73 strikeouts and a .206 opponents average in 59 relief appearances during two seasons with the Sox (2020-21). He last pitched in a regular-season game Oct. 1, 2021.

In Tuesday’s corresponding move, the Sox optioned pitcher Nick Padilla to Charlotte. Padilla allowed two runs on four hits with two strikeouts in two innings in his only appearance with the Sox on May 10 in Kansas City.

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