KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This is how Rick Renteria wants to use his White Sox bullpen.
The South Siders departed the desert without a closer. Or with multiple closers. To believers of the old baseball maxim, perhaps the scenarios were one in the same.
Renteria voiced during camp that he hoped to mix and match his late-inning relievers based on matchups, putting different guys in high-leverage situations depending on who was coming up to bat. It meant no assigned roles at the back end of the bullpen.
Some fans and observers might have met that plan with skepticism.