The running of the bullpen

It's been two days since the news was made public, but we'd be remiss if we failed to comment on Girardi's roster selection. The position player selectees were mostly innocuous, but the bullpen is where the mystifying criteria employed by our decision-makers begin to emerge.

Granted, the bullpen won't be terrible, and final two innings of every close game will fall to safe hands. But what is the argument for giving a shot to the backend triumvirate of Bruney, Ohlendorf, and Albaladejo over Britton, Patterson, and Ramirez? What have the former three done in the course of their careers, or even during the spring, to merit a shot over the latter trio?