Padres, Rangers, A's, Rockies and White Sox

This column looks at bullpens for San Diego and Texas and then finally, speculation about saves for Oakland, Colorado, and the Chicago White Sox. 

We start with San Diego given the full revamp of the bullpen and initial aim at making Robert Suarez (RHP, SD) the closer. Is Suarez likely to start the year as closer? If so, how long can he maintain the saves role? If not, who will supplant him? Here are the current projections:

San Diego PadresSVIPxERAWHIPK%K-BB%HR9
Robert Suarez18583.841.1623%15%0.9
Woo Suk Go9583.821.3329%17%1.1
Yuki Matsui (L)7583.181.2235%23%0.8
Tom Cosgrove (L)2514.461.1822%13%0.9
Wandy Peralta (L)0584.121.2920%11%0.9
Enyel De Los Santos0584.151.3125%16%1.1
Steven Wilson0584.991.2126%15%1.2

Suarez is expected to...

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