Manager Fredi Gonzalez suggested Tuesday that he could use Grilli (Achilles) in a combination of closers with Jim Johnson and Arodys Vizcaino, at least initially, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. "It will be probably the same situation (as last year)," Gonzalez said. "I can use all three. Mix-and-match. Absolutely."

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First things first, Grilli will need to prove his healthy, starting with his first Grapefruit League appearance Thursday, and avoid any setbacks in order to be ready on Opening Day. The skipper never turned to Grilli to pitch in three consecutive games last year, and Gonzalez seems open to having less defined roles at the back end this year. "I feel that way now," Gonzalez said, "that if the matchup comes up, say in the seventh inning there's two or three guys the scouting reports say can't hit high velocity, maybe we run Vizcaino against those guys. That might be the biggest inning."