Marlins' Nick Wittgren: Expected to make Opening Day roster

Wittgren appears to have secured a spot in the Marlins bullpen heading into Opening Day, MLB.com's Joe Frisaro reports.

Analysis:

With Wittgren's primary competition for the final spot in the bullpen, Hunter Cervenka and Brian Ellington, optioned to Triple-A New Orleans on Tuesday, it looks like he'll break camp with the big club for the first time in his career. Wittgren has struck out 11 batters in 8.1 innings in Grapefruit League competition, a strong follow-up to the 3.14 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 42:10 K:BB ratio he submitted in 51.2 innings with the big club as a rookie.