Thrylos

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We have heard rumors that the Twins might be shopping "outside the organization" for a utility infielder after the demotion of Nishioka. These rumors have just started a couple days ago, and are fairly interesting. If I had to venture a guess, the Twins will not have to search far to find a utility infielder and the "new" utility infielder would not even need to move far to join the Twins' camp in Spring Training. The writing in the wall is almost getting clear: Looking across the street in the other Fort Myers' spring training team, it looks like MikeAvila, Jose Inglesias and Pedro Ciriaco are ahead of our old friend Nick Punto for the 3 Red Sox vacancies of starting short stop and potential bench spots. Is there a reunion of the Twins with Nick Punto in the cards? Only time will tell, but I do not discount the possibility... [video=youtube;OnA-N-YyBE8] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnA-N-YyBE8

We have heard rumors that the Twins might be shopping "outside the organization" for a utility infielder after the demotion of Nishioka. These rumors have just started a couple days ago, and are fairly interesting. If I had to venture a guess, the Twins will not have to search far to find a utility infielder and the "new" utility infielder would not even need to move far to join the Twins' camp in Spring Training. The writing in the wall is almost getting clear: Looking across the street in the other Fort Myers' spring training team, it looks like MikeAvila, Jose Inglesias and Pedro Ciriaco are ahead of our old friend Nick Punto for the 3 Red Sox vacancies of starting short stop and potential bench spots. Is there a reunion of the Twins with Nick Punto in the cards? Only time will tell, but I do not discount the possibility... [video=youtube;OnA-N-YyBE8] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnA-N-YyBE8

Here is this week's installment (also heavily influenced by Spring Training) : I am on my way to Fort Myers this weekend. There will be in situ coverage of the Twins major league and minor league camps, as well as games all next week from there. So make sure that you check here early and often. This will also give me a chance to update my Fort Myers Spring Training Guide for next season. I am also planning on a few surprises, but those will have to wait. I will be tweeting a lot during the games and as I get news about the Twins, so feel free to follow me on twitter @thrylos98 or come back here and see my latest Twins tweets at the left hand side of the page. By now we all know about the second round of the Twins' cuts, and I suspect sending Nishioka to Rochester was a bitter pill to swallow, but the right decision. This opens the door for someone like Mike Hollimon to win a roster spot. At this point, the Twins might want to take Nishioka off the 40-man roster as well. If he gets claimed, he does, if he does not, nothing lost and a spot gained... I also suspect that there might be a trade or 2 before the rosters get finalized. Speaking of Nishioka, I sure hope that the Rochester Red Wings are now paying his translator instead of the Twins. They can afford him with all the income they are getting by the Yankees and by selling Yankee paraphernalia in their web site. Speaking of the cuts... the one that I kinda find unreasonable at this point is Aaron Bates. He has been outperforming a lot of people, and it is a shame he was cut, while Matt Carson, Brian Dinkelman and Danny Lehmann are still around. This is a killer video of the Twins' Spring Training. A MUST watch. Twins' LHP pitching prospect Ryan O'Rourke, blogged about his first days in the Twins' minor league camp in Fort Myers. So does fellow pitching prospect Dakota Watts. At least certain Twins' players enjoyed St. Patric's day. Can you identify the one not identified? Hint: all 3 of them were in Rochester for at least parts of last season, and 2 of them were cut yesterday. Meanwhile another Twins' player, was at least thinking of sporting the Jose Reyes look (before haircut). I would not "panic about Justin Morneau" (and I do not "panic"), but I might be a tad concerned about Jason Marquis and Carl Pavano at this point. A quote by Marquis from that ESPN1500 link with the Morneau story: "I worked in my slider and today was the first day I used it. I wouldn't say excessively, but I felt like it was where I needed it to be. So I was pretty excited about it." All I have to say is that I am glad to see that he is pretty excited about the outcome... Meanwhile, both Cleveland and Kansas City lost their closers for a while and the White Sox have traded theirs a while ago... On the other hand the Royals' Broxton is having a nice Spring Training. Additionally, the new Tigers' third baseman, loves to stop line drives with his face. If you live around the Twin Cities area and have a taste for Twins' minor league ball, make sure that you check out Territory Train. I think that they follow the major league team around too. It started yesterday, but I think that since the Do you know your Twins? challenge has been a hit, and since I have lots of Twins' memorabilia to give away, I may continue doing that. At least on a monthly basis Continuing the Twins' product of the week feature. Because there are so many out there and some of them are, well... interesting. But this one, I ordered one for myself. This weeks' winner is: MLB Minnesota Twins Classic Baseball Bracelethttp://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=biowriters&l=as2&o=1&a=B001CG2W98 The parting shot today is of dearly departed (to Rochester) Tsuyoshi Nishioka in full Chiba Lotte Marines regalia. I hope he returns to the performance he had then, via Rochester, soon. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Tsuyoshi_Nishioka_2010.JPG/399px-Tsuyoshi_Nishioka_2010.JPG

Here is this week's installment (also heavily influenced by Spring Training) : I am on my way to Fort Myers this weekend. There will be in situ coverage of the Twins major league and minor league camps, as well as games all next week from there. So make sure that you check here early and often. This will also give me a chance to update my Fort Myers Spring Training Guide for next season. I am also planning on a few surprises, but those will have to wait. I will be tweeting a lot during the games and as I get news about the Twins, so feel free to follow me on twitter @thrylos98 or come back here and see my latest Twins tweets at the left hand side of the page. By now we all know about the second round of the Twins' cuts, and I suspect sending Nishioka to Rochester was a bitter pill to swallow, but the right decision. This opens the door for someone like Mike Hollimon to win a roster spot. At this point, the Twins might want to take Nishioka off the 40-man roster as well. If he gets claimed, he does, if he does not, nothing lost and a spot gained... I also suspect that there might be a trade or 2 before the rosters get finalized. Speaking of Nishioka, I sure hope that the Rochester Red Wings are now paying his translator instead of the Twins. They can afford him with all the income they are getting by the Yankees and by selling Yankee paraphernalia in their web site. Speaking of the cuts... the one that I kinda find unreasonable at this point is Aaron Bates. He has been outperforming a lot of people, and it is a shame he was cut, while Matt Carson, Brian Dinkelman and Danny Lehmann are still around. This is a killer video of the Twins' Spring Training. A MUST watch. Twins' LHP pitching prospect Ryan O'Rourke, blogged about his first days in the Twins' minor league camp in Fort Myers. So does fellow pitching prospect Dakota Watts. At least certain Twins' players enjoyed St. Patric's day. Can you identify the one not identified? Hint: all 3 of them were in Rochester for at least parts of last season, and 2 of them were cut yesterday. Meanwhile another Twins' player, was at least thinking of sporting the Jose Reyes look (before haircut). I would not "panic about Justin Morneau" (and I do not "panic"), but I might be a tad concerned about Jason Marquis and Carl Pavano at this point. A quote by Marquis from that ESPN1500 link with the Morneau story: "I worked in my slider and today was the first day I used it. I wouldn't say excessively, but I felt like it was where I needed it to be. So I was pretty excited about it." All I have to say is that I am glad to see that he is pretty excited about the outcome... Meanwhile, both Cleveland and Kansas City lost their closers for a while and the White Sox have traded theirs a while ago... On the other hand the Royals' Broxton is having a nice Spring Training. Additionally, the new Tigers' third baseman, loves to stop line drives with his face. If you live around the Twin Cities area and have a taste for Twins' minor league ball, make sure that you check out Territory Train. I think that they follow the major league team around too. It started yesterday, but I think that since the Do you know your Twins? challenge has been a hit, and since I have lots of Twins' memorabilia to give away, I may continue doing that. At least on a monthly basis Continuing the Twins' product of the week feature. Because there are so many out there and some of them are, well... interesting. But this one, I ordered one for myself. This weeks' winner is: MLB Minnesota Twins Classic Baseball Bracelethttp://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=biowriters&l=as2&o=1&a=B001CG2W98 The parting shot today is of dearly departed (to Rochester) Tsuyoshi Nishioka in full Chiba Lotte Marines regalia. I hope he returns to the performance he had then, via Rochester, soon. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Tsuyoshi_Nishioka_2010.JPG/399px-Tsuyoshi_Nishioka_2010.JPG

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- 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 last game vs the Red Sox 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. Players who were assigned to the minor league camp were removed from the dashboards but kept in the rankings, denoted by "(MILB)". Also, I have denoted today's cuts the same way as well. One thing I am doing differently from now on (Because if I kept the old way these would be very hard to read and very small) is to not denote performance on a particular day (and use DNP if someone did not play or MILB if they were assigned to the minors) but list them sequentially. An advantage of this way of listing is to see which players played more, which means that the Twins are interested enough to have many looks. As a bonus, because it is getting close to the season and the pitching staff has been somewhat of a concern, I am listing the performances of the pitchers who are "locks" to make the team, but do not include them in the rankings. Here is what the Bench Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6109/6851900434_d115b66d9e_o.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6998025627_68d74596ca_o.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: ----- Rene Rivera 2.5 Drew Butera 1.0 J.R. Towles 0.97 Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 (MILB) Danny Lehmann 0.28 Chris Herrmann 0.1 (MILB) ---- Danny Rams -0.98 (MILB) Infielders: Chris Parmelee 3.2 Mike Hollimon 2.5 ---- Aaron Bates 1.3 (MILB) Ray Chang 1.3 Luke Hughes 1.3 Sean Burroughs 1.1 Brian Dozier 1.1 Brian Dinkelman 0.89 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 0.84 (MILB) Pedro Florimon 0.63 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 (MILB) Outfielders: Joe Benson 2.2 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.43 (MILB) Matt Carson 0.37 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 (MILB) Rene Tosoni -0.07 (MILB) Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 (MILB) Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Matt Maloney 54.6 Liam Hendriks 54.5 P.J. Walters 54.3 (MILB) Casey Fien 53.6 Jeff Manship 52.5 Samuel Deduno 52.3 Jared Burton 51.7 Carlos Gutierrez 51.3 (MILB) Luis Perdomo 51.3 (MILB) --- Esmerling Vasquez 51 (MILB) Daryl Thompson 50.8 (MILB) Kyle Waldrop 50.8 Lester Oliveros 50.3 (MILB) Aaron Thompson 50 (MILB) Tyler Robertson 49.7 (MILB) Scott Diamond 49 (MILB) --- Jeff Gray 48.3 Brendan Wise 47.8 Phil Dumatrait 46.2 Alex Burnett 45.8 Deolis Guerra 42 (MILB) Jason Bulger 38.3 (MILB) Terry Doyle 31.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- 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 last game vs the Red Sox 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. Players who were assigned to the minor league camp were removed from the dashboards but kept in the rankings, denoted by "(MILB)". Also, I have denoted today's cuts the same way as well. One thing I am doing differently from now on (Because if I kept the old way these would be very hard to read and very small) is to not denote performance on a particular day (and use DNP if someone did not play or MILB if they were assigned to the minors) but list them sequentially. An advantage of this way of listing is to see which players played more, which means that the Twins are interested enough to have many looks. As a bonus, because it is getting close to the season and the pitching staff has been somewhat of a concern, I am listing the performances of the pitchers who are "locks" to make the team, but do not include them in the rankings. Here is what the Bench Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6109/6851900434_d115b66d9e_o.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6998025627_68d74596ca_o.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: ----- Rene Rivera 2.5 Drew Butera 1.0 J.R. Towles 0.97 Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 (MILB) Danny Lehmann 0.28 Chris Herrmann 0.1 (MILB) ---- Danny Rams -0.98 (MILB) Infielders: Chris Parmelee 3.2 Mike Hollimon 2.5 ---- Aaron Bates 1.3 (MILB) Ray Chang 1.3 Luke Hughes 1.3 Sean Burroughs 1.1 Brian Dozier 1.1 Brian Dinkelman 0.89 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 0.84 (MILB) Pedro Florimon 0.63 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 (MILB) Outfielders: Joe Benson 2.2 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.43 (MILB) Matt Carson 0.37 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 (MILB) Rene Tosoni -0.07 (MILB) Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 (MILB) Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Matt Maloney 54.6 Liam Hendriks 54.5 P.J. Walters 54.3 (MILB) Casey Fien 53.6 Jeff Manship 52.5 Samuel Deduno 52.3 Jared Burton 51.7 Carlos Gutierrez 51.3 (MILB) Luis Perdomo 51.3 (MILB) --- Esmerling Vasquez 51 (MILB) Daryl Thompson 50.8 (MILB) Kyle Waldrop 50.8 Lester Oliveros 50.3 (MILB) Aaron Thompson 50 (MILB) Tyler Robertson 49.7 (MILB) Scott Diamond 49 (MILB) --- Jeff Gray 48.3 Brendan Wise 47.8 Phil Dumatrait 46.2 Alex Burnett 45.8 Deolis Guerra 42 (MILB) Jason Bulger 38.3 (MILB) Terry Doyle 31.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch -- 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 last two games vs the Marlins yesterday and vs the Pirates 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. Players who were assigned to the minor league camp were removed from the dashboards but kept in the rankings, denoted by "(MILB)". Here is what the Bench Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7203/6994319715_16772bb69b_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7063/6994319827_e0b06d8697_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: ----- Rene Rivera 2.5 J.R. Towles 1,1 Drew Butera 1.0 Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Danny Lehmann 0.28 Chris Herrmann 0.1 ---- Danny Rams -0.98 (MILB) Infielders: Chris Parmelee 3.0 Mike Hollimon 2.5 ---- Aaron Bates 1.3 Ray Chang 1.3 Brian Dozier 1.3 Luke Hughes 1.3 Brian Dinkelman 0.93 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 0.84 Sean Burroughs 0.78 Pedro Florimon 0.55 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 (MILB) Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.9 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.43 Matt Carson 0.02 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 (MILB) Rene Tosoni -0.07 Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 (MILB) Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Liam Hendriks 54.5 Matt Maloney 54.3 P.J. Walters 54.3 Casey Fien 53 Jeff Manship 52.8 Kyle Waldrop 52 Jared Burton 51.4 Carlos Gutierrez 51.3 Luis Perdomo 51.3 --- Esmerling Vasquez 51 Daryl Thompson 50.8 Samuel Deduno 50.5 Lester Oliveros 50.3 (MILB) Aaron Thompson 50 (MILB) Tyler Robertson 49.7 (MILB) Scott Diamond 49 (MILB) --- Brendan Wise 47.8 Jeff Gray 46.5 Phil Dumatrait 46.2 Deolis Guerra 42 (MILB) Alex Burnett 41.3 Jason Bulger 38.3 Terry Doyle 31.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch -- 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 last two games vs the Marlins yesterday and vs the Pirates 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. Players who were assigned to the minor league camp were removed from the dashboards but kept in the rankings, denoted by "(MILB)". Here is what the Bench Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7203/6994319715_16772bb69b_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7063/6994319827_e0b06d8697_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: ----- Rene Rivera 2.5 J.R. Towles 1,1 Drew Butera 1.0 Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Danny Lehmann 0.28 Chris Herrmann 0.1 ---- Danny Rams -0.98 (MILB) Infielders: Chris Parmelee 3.0 Mike Hollimon 2.5 ---- Aaron Bates 1.3 Ray Chang 1.3 Brian Dozier 1.3 Luke Hughes 1.3 Brian Dinkelman 0.93 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 0.84 Sean Burroughs 0.78 Pedro Florimon 0.55 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 (MILB) Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.9 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.43 Matt Carson 0.02 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 (MILB) Rene Tosoni -0.07 Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 (MILB) Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Liam Hendriks 54.5 Matt Maloney 54.3 P.J. Walters 54.3 Casey Fien 53 Jeff Manship 52.8 Kyle Waldrop 52 Jared Burton 51.4 Carlos Gutierrez 51.3 Luis Perdomo 51.3 --- Esmerling Vasquez 51 Daryl Thompson 50.8 Samuel Deduno 50.5 Lester Oliveros 50.3 (MILB) Aaron Thompson 50 (MILB) Tyler Robertson 49.7 (MILB) Scott Diamond 49 (MILB) --- Brendan Wise 47.8 Jeff Gray 46.5 Phil Dumatrait 46.2 Deolis Guerra 42 (MILB) Alex Burnett 41.3 Jason Bulger 38.3 Terry Doyle 31.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

Small Sample size or not, players make the roster based on a. their ST stats and b. on their capabilities (and previous records) For example. If a pitcher does not walk anyone in ST, it will be a good think to assume that he has pretty good control (because if you cannot find the plate, the opponent does not matter). The opposite is not always the case.

Han, Just coincidence. I cannot really get into what if situations, otherwise I would be charting Delmon Young as well Shane, yeah. You can weigh it any way you want it, thus the whole scores. Feel free to get rid of a single performance and see what happens (and that's the way it works in real life.) Trends are important. Look at Luke Hughes. When he was not right he was stinking up the place. When he got right, he is better...

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- 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 split squat games vs the Orioles this afternoon and vs the Red Sox tonight. 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. Players who were assigned to the minor league camp were removed from the dashboards but kept in the rankings, denoted by "(MILB)". Here is what the Bench Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/6988712791_69e4f500b8_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/6988712719_b3fa8df89d_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: ----- Rene Rivera 1.8 J.R. Towles 1,6 Drew Butera 1.0 Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Danny Lehmann 0.37 Chris Herrmann 0.1 ---- Danny Rams -0.98 (MILB) Infielders: Chris Parmelee 4.3 Mike Hollimon 2.1 ---- Luke Hughes 1.7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1.2 Sean Burroughs 0.78 Ray Chang 0.69 Brian Dinkelman 0.61 Brian Dozier 0.44 Aaron Bates 0.39 Pedro Florimon 0.01 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 (MILB) Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.4 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.2 Matt Carson 0.15 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 (MILB) Rene Tosoni -0.07 Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 (MILB) Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Liam Hendriks 54.5 Matt Maloney 54.3 P.J. Walters 54.3 Casey Fien 53 Jeff Manship 52.8 Kyle Waldrop 52 Jared Burton 51.4 Carlos Gutierrez 51.3 Luis Perdomo 51.3 --- Esmerling Vasquez 51 Daryl Thompson 50.8 Samuel Deduno 50.5 Lester Oliveros 50.3 (MILB) Aaron Thompson 50 (MILB) Tyler Robertson 49.7 (MILB) Scott Diamond 49 (MILB) --- Brendan Wise 47.8 Jeff Gray 46.5 Phil Dumatrait 46.2 Deolis Guerra 42 (MILB) Alex Burnett 41.3 Jason Bulger 38.3 Terry Doyle 31.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- 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 split squat games vs the Orioles this afternoon and vs the Red Sox tonight. 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. Players who were assigned to the minor league camp were removed from the dashboards but kept in the rankings, denoted by "(MILB)". Here is what the Bench Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/6988712791_69e4f500b8_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/6988712719_b3fa8df89d_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: ----- Rene Rivera 1.8 J.R. Towles 1,6 Drew Butera 1.0 Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Danny Lehmann 0.37 Chris Herrmann 0.1 ---- Danny Rams -0.98 (MILB) Infielders: Chris Parmelee 4.3 Mike Hollimon 2.1 ---- Luke Hughes 1.7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1.2 Sean Burroughs 0.78 Ray Chang 0.69 Brian Dinkelman 0.61 Brian Dozier 0.44 Aaron Bates 0.39 Pedro Florimon 0.01 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 (MILB) Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.4 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.2 Matt Carson 0.15 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 (MILB) Rene Tosoni -0.07 Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 (MILB) Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Liam Hendriks 54.5 Matt Maloney 54.3 P.J. Walters 54.3 Casey Fien 53 Jeff Manship 52.8 Kyle Waldrop 52 Jared Burton 51.4 Carlos Gutierrez 51.3 Luis Perdomo 51.3 --- Esmerling Vasquez 51 Daryl Thompson 50.8 Samuel Deduno 50.5 Lester Oliveros 50.3 (MILB) Aaron Thompson 50 (MILB) Tyler Robertson 49.7 (MILB) Scott Diamond 49 (MILB) --- Brendan Wise 47.8 Jeff Gray 46.5 Phil Dumatrait 46.2 Deolis Guerra 42 (MILB) Alex Burnett 41.3 Jason Bulger 38.3 Terry Doyle 31.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

I actually, tried to explain what a "tender elbow" might be here. Bottom line is that if we do not know whether the "inside" or "outside" of the elbow is affected it is very hard to draw conclusions (or even guess...)

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- 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 Pirates 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. Players who were assigned to the minor league camp are denoted with MILB and their lines are in italics. For simplicity's sake, I will remove these players from tomorrow's dashboards, but will keep them in the rankings for comparison purposes. It seems that all of the position players who were cut were underperforming and no over-performing pitcher was cut yet. Here is what the Bench Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/6985813973_71bbceb73b_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/6985814061_0f569be6af_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: Rene Rivera 2.7 J.R. Towles 2.1 ----- Drew Butera 0.7 Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Danny Lehmann 0.37 Chris Herrmann 0.2 ---- Danny Rams -0.98 (MILB) Infielders: Chris Parmelee 4.1 Mike Hollimon 2.4 ---- Luke Hughes 1.6 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1.3 Ray Chang 0.86 Brian Dinkelman 0.61 Aaron Bates 0.39 Sean Burroughs 0.34 Brian Dozier 0.27 Pedro Florimon 0.08 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 (MILB) Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.05 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.44 Matt Carson 0.24 Rene Tosoni 0.2 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 (MILB) Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 (MILB) Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Matt Maloney 54.3 Jared Burton 53.8 Casey Fien 53 P.J. Walters 53 Jeff Manship 52.8 Kyle Waldrop 52.7 Carlos Gutierrez 52 Liam Hendriks 52 Esmerling Vasquez 51.5 Luis Perdomo 51.3 --- Daryl Thompson 50.7 Samuel Deduno 50.5 Lester Oliveros 50.3 (MILB) Aaron Thompson 50 (MILB) Tyler Robertson 49.7 (MILB) Scott Diamond 49 (MILB) --- Brendan Wise 47.8 Jeff Gray 46.5 Phil Dumatrait 46.2 Deolis Guerra 42 (MILB) Alex Burnett 41.3 Jason Bulger 34.3 Terry Doyle 31.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- 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 Pirates 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. Players who were assigned to the minor league camp are denoted with MILB and their lines are in italics. For simplicity's sake, I will remove these players from tomorrow's dashboards, but will keep them in the rankings for comparison purposes. It seems that all of the position players who were cut were underperforming and no over-performing pitcher was cut yet. Here is what the Bench Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/6985813973_71bbceb73b_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/6985814061_0f569be6af_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: Rene Rivera 2.7 J.R. Towles 2.1 ----- Drew Butera 0.7 Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Danny Lehmann 0.37 Chris Herrmann 0.2 ---- Danny Rams -0.98 (MILB) Infielders: Chris Parmelee 4.1 Mike Hollimon 2.4 ---- Luke Hughes 1.6 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1.3 Ray Chang 0.86 Brian Dinkelman 0.61 Aaron Bates 0.39 Sean Burroughs 0.34 Brian Dozier 0.27 Pedro Florimon 0.08 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 (MILB) Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.05 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.44 Matt Carson 0.24 Rene Tosoni 0.2 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 (MILB) Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 (MILB) Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Matt Maloney 54.3 Jared Burton 53.8 Casey Fien 53 P.J. Walters 53 Jeff Manship 52.8 Kyle Waldrop 52.7 Carlos Gutierrez 52 Liam Hendriks 52 Esmerling Vasquez 51.5 Luis Perdomo 51.3 --- Daryl Thompson 50.7 Samuel Deduno 50.5 Lester Oliveros 50.3 (MILB) Aaron Thompson 50 (MILB) Tyler Robertson 49.7 (MILB) Scott Diamond 49 (MILB) --- Brendan Wise 47.8 Jeff Gray 46.5 Phil Dumatrait 46.2 Deolis Guerra 42 (MILB) Alex Burnett 41.3 Jason Bulger 34.3 Terry Doyle 31.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

When Do Fans Get Excited For A New Baseball Season? Speaking of myself, as soon as the last out of the previous season is recorded.

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- 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 Philies 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: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/6836979266_b702f6a51c_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6836979328_7114d8bd5f_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: Rene Rivera 2.7 J.R. Towles 2.1 ----- Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Chris Herrmann 0.43 Danny Lehmann 0.37 ---- Drew Butera -0.4 Danny Rams -0.98 Infielders: Chris Parmelee 4.1 Mike Hollimon 3.0 ---- Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1.3 Ray Chang 1.1 Luke Hughes 0.91 Brian Dozier 0.49 Brian Dinkelman 0.37 Sean Burroughs 0.34 Aaron Bates 0.3 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 Pedro Florimon -0.34 Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.09 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.6 Matt Carson 0.52 Rene Tosoni 0.3 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Matt Maloney 54.3 Jared Burton 53.8 Casey Fien 53 P.J. Walters 53 Jeff Manship 52.8 Kyle Waldrop 52.7 Brendan Wise 52.3 Carlos Gutierrez 52 Liam Hendriks 52 Esmerling Vasquez 51.5 --- Daryl Thompson 50.7 Samuel Deduno 50.5 Lester Oliveros 50.3 Aaron Thompson 50 Tyler Robertson 49.7 Luis Perdomo 49.5 Scott Diamond 49 --- Phil Dumatrait 48.3 Jeff Gray 46.5 Terry Doyle 44 Deolis Guerra 42 Alex Burnett 41.3 Jason Bulger 34.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- 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 Philies 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: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/6836979266_b702f6a51c_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6836979328_7114d8bd5f_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: Rene Rivera 2.7 J.R. Towles 2.1 ----- Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Chris Herrmann 0.43 Danny Lehmann 0.37 ---- Drew Butera -0.4 Danny Rams -0.98 Infielders: Chris Parmelee 4.1 Mike Hollimon 3.0 ---- Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1.3 Ray Chang 1.1 Luke Hughes 0.91 Brian Dozier 0.49 Brian Dinkelman 0.37 Sean Burroughs 0.34 Aaron Bates 0.3 ---- Steve Pearce -0.31 Pedro Florimon -0.34 Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.09 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.6 Matt Carson 0.52 Rene Tosoni 0.3 ---- Darin Mastroianni -0.01 Oswaldo Arcia -0.33 Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Matt Maloney 54.3 Jared Burton 53.8 Casey Fien 53 P.J. Walters 53 Jeff Manship 52.8 Kyle Waldrop 52.7 Brendan Wise 52.3 Carlos Gutierrez 52 Liam Hendriks 52 Esmerling Vasquez 51.5 --- Daryl Thompson 50.7 Samuel Deduno 50.5 Lester Oliveros 50.3 Aaron Thompson 50 Tyler Robertson 49.7 Luis Perdomo 49.5 Scott Diamond 49 --- Phil Dumatrait 48.3 Jeff Gray 46.5 Terry Doyle 44 Deolis Guerra 42 Alex Burnett 41.3 Jason Bulger 34.3 As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

This was originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch -- 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 Blue Jays 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: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/6833910192_77e16d78f8_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6833910274_8baa298b3a_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: Rene Rivera 2.6 J.R. Towles 2.1 ----- Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Chris Herrmann 0.43 Danny Lehmann 0.37 ---- Drew Butera -0.4 Danny Rams -0.98 Infielders: Mike Hollimon 3.02 Chris Parmelee 2.58 ---- Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1.47 Luke Hughes 0.9 Ray Chang 0.7 Brian Dozier 0.63 Sean Burroughs 0.43 Brian Dinkelman 0.37 Aaron Bates 0.3 ---- Pedro Florimon -0.28 Steve Pearce -0.31 Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.09 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.86 Matt Carson 0.52 Rene Tosoni 0.3 Darin Mastroianni 0.09 ---- Oswaldo Arcia -0.23 Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Matt Maloney 54.3 Jared Burton 53.8 P.J. Walters 53 Kyle Waldrop 52.7 Casey Fien 52.7 Jeff Manship 52.3 Brendan Wise 52.3 Carlos Gutierrez 52 Liam Hendriks 52 Esmerling Vasquez 51.5 --- Daryl Thompson 50.7 Aaron Thompson 50 Tyler Robertson 49.7 Lester Oliveros 49.5 Luis Perdomo 49.5 Scott Diamond 49 --- Phil Dumatrait 48.3 Terry Doyle 44 Deolis Guerra 42 Alex Burnett 41.3 Jeff Gray 41 Jason Bulger 34.3 Samuel Deduno DNP As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

This was originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch -- 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 Blue Jays 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: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/6833910192_77e16d78f8_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6833910274_8baa298b3a_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: Rene Rivera 2.6 J.R. Towles 2.1 ----- Daniel Rohlfing 0.67 Chris Herrmann 0.43 Danny Lehmann 0.37 ---- Drew Butera -0.4 Danny Rams -0.98 Infielders: Mike Hollimon 3.02 Chris Parmelee 2.58 ---- Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1.47 Luke Hughes 0.9 Ray Chang 0.7 Brian Dozier 0.63 Sean Burroughs 0.43 Brian Dinkelman 0.37 Aaron Bates 0.3 ---- Pedro Florimon -0.28 Steve Pearce -0.31 Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.09 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.86 Matt Carson 0.52 Rene Tosoni 0.3 Darin Mastroianni 0.09 ---- Oswaldo Arcia -0.23 Here is the ranking of pitcher combatants today: Matt Maloney 54.3 Jared Burton 53.8 P.J. Walters 53 Kyle Waldrop 52.7 Casey Fien 52.7 Jeff Manship 52.3 Brendan Wise 52.3 Carlos Gutierrez 52 Liam Hendriks 52 Esmerling Vasquez 51.5 --- Daryl Thompson 50.7 Aaron Thompson 50 Tyler Robertson 49.7 Lester Oliveros 49.5 Luis Perdomo 49.5 Scott Diamond 49 --- Phil Dumatrait 48.3 Terry Doyle 44 Deolis Guerra 42 Alex Burnett 41.3 Jeff Gray 41 Jason Bulger 34.3 Samuel Deduno DNP As always you can find all Spring Training coverage at The Tenth Inning Stretch here.

This is a weekly feature at The Tenth Inning Stretch and originally published there ---- Here is this week's installment (also heavily influenced by Spring Training) : Tomorrow is the first minor league spring training day. There are a series of games at the AAA, AA and A level all against the Boston Red Sox' affiliates; also expect the first cuts of Spring Training to be announced today. We all heard of long bus rides for the players to away parks in Spring Training, but if you want to have a taste of what those bus rides look like, here are links to a couple of pictures taken by Brian Dozier after the game against Tampa Bay a week ago, depicting a couple of his teammates in the Twins' bus on the return trip to Fort Myers: Danny Valencia, Ben Revere. This photo is from Danny Rams from yesterday's Twins' trip to Port Charlotte to play the Rays. Not your garden-variety school busses... Twins' infield prospect A.J. Pettersen describes his first day in the Twins Minor League Spring Training Camp. So does Twins' pitching prospect Tim Shibuya here. Vegas have set the over/under of the Twins' this season winning 73 games. This is good omen to the Twins' fans, because Vegas has been bombing with those predictions. They picked 85 for 2011 (Won 63), 82 for 2010 (won 94), 83.5 for 2009 (won 87 - that was close) and 73.5 for 2008 (Won 88). So look forward to an 88 win season A former Twins' player was suspended 50 days for violating the league's drug program, because he tested positive for a street drug not a PED. If you want to know how the Twins' players spend their down time at Fort Myers, you need to check this, this, this and this out. It seems to me that Glen Perkins is converting some of his teammates. Kyle Gibson's rehab is going well. He is playing golf albeit badly. Tomorrow (March 14th) is the Birthday of Twins' great Kirby Puckett, former Twins' catcher Butch Wynegar and former Twins' second baseman Brent Gates. The Twins' player Tweet of the week award goes to Glen Perkins, for tweeting this picture of one of his fellow pitchers. Troy Renck (Denver News Rockies' beat reporter) recently posted: "The Rockies’ continue to struggle with runners in scoring position". Wonder whether Mike Cuddyer has much to do with that. The word of the week is Bo Shue. As Ray Chang's middle name. And I think that I will start a Twins' product of the week. Because there are so many out there and some of them are, well... interesting. This weeks' winner is : MLB Minnesota Twins Mr. Potato Headhttp://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=biowriters&l=as2&o=1&a=B000PE54Z2 The parting shot today is of Jason Marquis pitching against the Red Birds last Friday. Looking like an Eagle ready to jump onto its prey: eyes focused, wings spread half way, cleats in a perfectly horizontal position with the spikes facing the Florida sun. The ultimate balance of the ultimate predator. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/images/2012/03/09/ykIhh9PR.jpg

This is a weekly feature at The Tenth Inning Stretch and originally published there ---- Here is this week's installment (also heavily influenced by Spring Training) : Tomorrow is the first minor league spring training day. There are a series of games at the AAA, AA and A level all against the Boston Red Sox' affiliates; also expect the first cuts of Spring Training to be announced today. We all heard of long bus rides for the players to away parks in Spring Training, but if you want to have a taste of what those bus rides look like, here are links to a couple of pictures taken by Brian Dozier after the game against Tampa Bay a week ago, depicting a couple of his teammates in the Twins' bus on the return trip to Fort Myers: Danny Valencia, Ben Revere. This photo is from Danny Rams from yesterday's Twins' trip to Port Charlotte to play the Rays. Not your garden-variety school busses... Twins' infield prospect A.J. Pettersen describes his first day in the Twins Minor League Spring Training Camp. So does Twins' pitching prospect Tim Shibuya here. Vegas have set the over/under of the Twins' this season winning 73 games. This is good omen to the Twins' fans, because Vegas has been bombing with those predictions. They picked 85 for 2011 (Won 63), 82 for 2010 (won 94), 83.5 for 2009 (won 87 - that was close) and 73.5 for 2008 (Won 88). So look forward to an 88 win season A former Twins' player was suspended 50 days for violating the league's drug program, because he tested positive for a street drug not a PED. If you want to know how the Twins' players spend their down time at Fort Myers, you need to check this, this, this and this out. It seems to me that Glen Perkins is converting some of his teammates. Kyle Gibson's rehab is going well. He is playing golf albeit badly. Tomorrow (March 14th) is the Birthday of Twins' great Kirby Puckett, former Twins' catcher Butch Wynegar and former Twins' second baseman Brent Gates. The Twins' player Tweet of the week award goes to Glen Perkins, for tweeting this picture of one of his fellow pitchers. Troy Renck (Denver News Rockies' beat reporter) recently posted: "The Rockies’ continue to struggle with runners in scoring position". Wonder whether Mike Cuddyer has much to do with that. The word of the week is Bo Shue. As Ray Chang's middle name. And I think that I will start a Twins' product of the week. Because there are so many out there and some of them are, well... interesting. This weeks' winner is : MLB Minnesota Twins Mr. Potato Headhttp://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=biowriters&l=as2&o=1&a=B000PE54Z2 The parting shot today is of Jason Marquis pitching against the Red Birds last Friday. Looking like an Eagle ready to jump onto its prey: eyes focused, wings spread half way, cleats in a perfectly horizontal position with the spikes facing the Florida sun. The ultimate balance of the ultimate predator. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/images/2012/03/09/ykIhh9PR.jpg

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- 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: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/6831220188_13c319ff72_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/6977348537_3e955e5c8e_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: Rene Rivera 2.6 J.R. Towles 2.1 ----- Daniel Rohlfing 1.25 Chris Herrmann 0.43 Danny Lehmann 0.37 ---- Drew Butera -0.4 Danny Rams -0.98 Infielders: Mike Hollimon 3.76 Chris Parmelee 2.58 ---- 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 ---- Pedro Florimon -0.54 Steve Pearce -0.73 Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.35 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.86 Matt Carson 0.76 Darin Mastroianni 0.42 Rene Tosoni 0.3 ---- 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 --- Daryl Thompson 50.7 Aaron Thompson 50 Lester Oliveros 49.5 Luis Perdomo 49.5 Tyler Robertson 49.7 --- 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.

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- 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: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/6831220188_13c319ff72_z.jpg Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/6977348537_3e955e5c8e_z.jpg Here is the ranking of the position player combatants today (based on position) : Catchers: Rene Rivera 2.6 J.R. Towles 2.1 ----- Daniel Rohlfing 1.25 Chris Herrmann 0.43 Danny Lehmann 0.37 ---- Drew Butera -0.4 Danny Rams -0.98 Infielders: Mike Hollimon 3.76 Chris Parmelee 2.58 ---- 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 ---- Pedro Florimon -0.54 Steve Pearce -0.73 Outfielders: Joe Benson 1.35 ---- Wilkin Ramirez 0.86 Matt Carson 0.76 Darin Mastroianni 0.42 Rene Tosoni 0.3 ---- 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 --- Daryl Thompson 50.7 Aaron Thompson 50 Lester Oliveros 49.5 Luis Perdomo 49.5 Tyler Robertson 49.7 --- 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.