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 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:

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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:

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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

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Danny Rams -0.98 (MILB)

Infielders:

Chris Parmelee 3.0

Mike Hollimon 2.5

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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

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Steve Pearce -0.31 (MILB)

Outfielders:

Joe Benson 1.9

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Wilkin Ramirez 0.43

Matt Carson 0.02

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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

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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)

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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.