Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch

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This is the latest update of the Twins' Bench Battle and the Bullpen Battle Dashboards, to track player performance to date this spring. Performances include those in the game vs the Rays earlier this afternoon. You can read the basic premise behind the Bench Battle Dashboard here and behind the Bullpen Battle Dashboard here. I will be updating them daily and post daily updates.

Here is what the Bench Battle Dashboard looks like today:

Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today:

Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) :

Catchers:

Rene Rivera 2.6

J.R. Towles 2.1

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Daniel Rohlfing 1.25

Chris Herrmann 0.43

Danny Lehmann 0.37

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Drew Butera -0.4

Danny Rams -0.98

Infielders:

Mike Hollimon 3.76

Chris Parmelee 2.58

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Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1.47

Luke Hughes 0.9

Ray Chang 0.7

Brian Dinkelman 0.66

Brian Dozier 0.63

Aaron Bates 0.43

Sean Burroughs 0.43

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Pedro Florimon -0.54

Steve Pearce -0.73

Outfielders:

Joe Benson 1.35

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Wilkin Ramirez 0.86

Matt Carson 0.76

Darin Mastroianni 0.42

Rene Tosoni 0.3

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Oswaldo Arcia -0.15

Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today:

Jared Burton 53.3

Matt Maloney 53.3

P.J. Walters 53

Casey Fien 52.7

Jeff Manship 52.3

Brendan Wise 52.3

Carlos Gutierrez 52

Liam Hendriks 52

Kyle Waldrop 52

Esmerling Vasquez 51.5

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Daryl Thompson 50.7

Aaron Thompson 50

Lester Oliveros 49.5

Luis Perdomo 49.5

Tyler Robertson 49.7

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Alex Burnett 48.5

Phil Dumatrait 48.3

Scott Diamond 47.5

Terry Doyle 44

Jeff Gray 41

Deolis Guerra 37.5

Jason Bulger 34.3

Samuel Deduno DNP

As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.