[TABLE=class: sortable stats_table]

[TH=class: tooltip sort_default_asc, align: left]Split[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]W[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]L[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip hide_non_quals]W-L%[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip sort_default_asc hide_non_quals]ERA[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]G[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]GS[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]GF[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]CG[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]SHO[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]SV[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]IP[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]H[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]R[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]ER[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]HR[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]BB[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]IBB[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]SO[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]HBP[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]BK[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]WP[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip]BF[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip sort_default_asc hide_non_quals]WHIP[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip hide_non_quals]SO/9[/TH]

[TH=class: tooltip hide_non_quals]SO/BB[/TH]

[TD=align: left][/TD]

[TD=class: tooltip, align: left]as Starter[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right].500[/TD]

[TD=align: right]5.67[/TD]

[TD=align: right]6[/TD]

[TD=align: right]6[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]27.0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]32[/TD]

[TD=align: right]18[/TD]

[TD=align: right]17[/TD]

[TD=align: right]5[/TD]

[TD=align: right]10[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]19[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]120[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1.556[/TD]

[TD=align: right]6.3[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1.90[/TD]

[TD=align: left][/TD]

[TD=class: tooltip, align: left]as Reliever[/TD]

[TD=align: right]2[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right].667[/TD]

[TD=align: right]5.59[/TD]

[TD=align: right]23[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]3[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]37.0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]46[/TD]

[TD=align: right]26[/TD]

[TD=align: right]23[/TD]

[TD=align: right]2[/TD]

[TD=align: right]15[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1[/TD]

[TD=align: right]25[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]0[/TD]

[TD=align: right]2[/TD]

[TD=align: right]169[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1.649[/TD]

[TD=align: right]6.1[/TD]

[TD=align: right]1.67[/TD]

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Those are Manship's career starter/reliever splits. Obviously the columns shifted to the right, but you see he is the same pitcher in either role.

As they build the bench, they need to look for a some plus skill that the player can contribute.

 

Florimon (+ defense, speed?).

Burroughs (left handed bat).

Butera, Towles, Rivera (they can play C)

Hollimon (don't see one. Based on career, he shouldn't be used to pinch hit or as a defensive sub)

 

As for the bullpen. We need a mix of lefties and righties. We need a few with rubber arms that can pitch back to back days. We need a guy who can come in and get a strikeout. We need a couple guys that can pitch 2-3 innings. We need a guy who can give us a spot start.

 

Where do Manship, Fien, Waldrop, Burnett or Burton fit in? What skills do they bring to the pen? What roles can they fill? Lets look at the skills.

 

I hope the Twins are looking at skills as the build the roster. I hope the Twins are ignoring the spring statistics. It has no predictive value. None. Zero. The data is useless. Let's ignore it.

Hollimon (don't see one. Based on career, he shouldn't be used to pinch hit or as a defensive sub)

Hollimon has some power and he walks quite a bit. Unfortunately, that's come with high strikeouts and low batting averages.

Carrying a 3rd catcher on the roster is just a waste. It eats up a bench bat that would be used more often than the possibility of needing the 3rd catcher to prevent a pitcher from having to hit (which is a moot point since Butera, Towles and Rivera don't hit much better than a pitcher would anyway). Also Doumit's defense hasn't proven to be too much of a liability in the limited exposure hes had so far this spring. Just say no to Gardy's nooky-blankey third catcher crapola.