Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch

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Because a lot of write-ups and reports from the beat writers about the Twins' Spring Training performance are mentioning how someone is "hitting", using only their batting averages (70s anyone?), I felt that it might be a good idea to rank all the Twins' hitters based on Spring Training OPS (which is a tad more meaningful.) Players denoted with "MILB" have been assigned to the Twins Minor League Camp. Clearly some players are having great performances, while other are struggling. We all know who there are. Also, in this ranking, a couple of cuts seem very curiously premature. Here is the list:

Hollimon 1.246

Parmelee 1.011

Valencia .923

Benson .884

Chang .883 (MILB)

Bates .879 (MILB)

Rivera .871

Hughes .867

Casilla .816

Span .783

Revere .778

Dozier .761

Mauer .746

Doumit .733

Dinkelman .714

Burroughs .713

Willingham .710

Towles .705

Plouffe .654

Butera .636

Nishioka .589 (MILB)

Florimon .508

Ramirez .481 (MILB)

Carroll .477

Carson .448 (MILB)

Mastroianni .445 (MILB)

Rohlfing .400 (MILB)

Herrman .333 (MILB)

Pierce .310 (MILB)

Tosoni .289 (MILB)

Lehmann .286 (MILB)

Morneau .258

Arcia .222 (MILB)

Rams .000 (MILB)