Unlike the starting rotation, which brings back an entire staff, the bullpen was a place of great changes this offseason. Rafael Soriano and Mike Gonzalez, a combined 157 games and 37 saves, will be wearing new uniforms entering next year. Considering Bobby Cox’s nature of basically using four relievers last year, their important shoes must be filled.

A pair of Boston Red Sox imports will be trusted with the bulk of that task. Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito were signed earlier...