RELIEVERS: More fluidity

This week, the column continues the theme of examining bullpens where interesting things are happening just a few days into 2014.

We pick up the discussion in Boston where Koji Uehara (RHP, BOS) has some shoulder stiffness. With Uehara unavailable, the Red Sox turned to Edward Mujica (RHP, BOS) and not Junichi Tazawa (RHP, BOS). Here are the current projections:

BOS                 IP  Sv  xERA WHIP  Dom  Cmd HR/9  G/F  BPV
==============     ==== ==  ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== ===
Uehara              67  35  2.68 0.85 11.0  9.1  0.8 36/51 180
Mujica              54   5  3.59 1.19  6.7  5.0  1.3 46/37 108
Tazawa              67   2  3.09 1.12  9.1  4.5  0.9 39/34 127

Mujica has had something of a lousy start to his season, but he...

Almost!

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