Bullpen Competition Extended

With Baker on the DL and Marquis likely on bereavement leave the bullpen competition is over for the moment with the Twins going with four starters:
Pavano,
Liriano,
Hendricks,
Blackburn;

and eight relievers:
Capps,
Perkins,
Duensing,
Swarzak,
Burton,
Maloney,
Gray,
Burnett;

Casey Fien was the odd man out.

The Twins will need to add a fifth starter by the 9th game of the season. Which means there is still competition for the last bullpen spot. Burnett is the only one of the relievers in that competition that has options left. It is likely he will be the odd man out.

The other wrinkle here is that Terry Ryan suggested that if Hendricks pitches well, he could claim a permanent spot in the rotation. That would mean moving a starter to the bullpen, pushing a second reliever out. So while spring training is over, the competition for spots on the roster really isn't.