RELIEVERS: Fluid roles at the outset
Apr 8 2014
This week, the column looks at seven bullpens where interesting things are happening just a few days into 2014. We start in Chicago:
The Chicago White Sox decided to go with Matt Lindstrom (RHP, CHW) at closer and sent Nate Jones (RHP, CHW) to the disabled list. Lindstrom has converted a save and blown a save the first week. Here are the current projections:
CHW IP Sv xERA WHIP Dom Cmd HR/9 G/F BPV ============== ==== == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== === Lindstrom 65 28 3.69 1.38 7.1 2.3 0.4 53/28 76 N.Jones (DL) 58 8 3.06 1.21 9.6 3.0 0.6 49/29 112 D.Webb 58 4 4.00 1.43 9.3 1.9 1.1 40/40 56
Jones is out with a hip strain and is expected to miss more than 15...
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