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Phillies Release Mujica, Leaving Bullpen Battle Down To 3

The Phillies on Tuesday announced they released right-handed relief pitcher Edward Mujica, per Matt Gelb of Philly.com.

Gelb further surmises the opening-day bullpen will include David Hernandez, Dalier Hinojosa, Brett Oberholtzer, Jeanmar Gomez, Daniel Stumpf and James Russell. That leaves one opening.

Mujica – who had a 2.45 ERA with five strikeouts and two walks over 7.1 spring innings – figured to be the front-runner for the opening, but the Phillies thought different. Now the battle is between Andrew Bailey

, Ernesto Frieri and Hector Neris.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.