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 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:

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Here is what the Bullpen Battle Dashboard looks like today:

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

Catchers:

Rene Rivera 2.7

J.R. Towles 2.1

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Daniel Rohlfing 0.67

Chris Herrmann 0.43

Danny Lehmann 0.37

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Drew Butera -0.4

Danny Rams -0.98

Infielders:

Chris Parmelee 4.1

Mike Hollimon 3.0

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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

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Steve Pearce -0.31

Pedro Florimon -0.34

Outfielders:

Joe Benson 1.09

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Wilkin Ramirez 0.6

Matt Carson 0.52

Rene Tosoni 0.3

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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

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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

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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.