RELIEVERS: Fluid roles at the outset

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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