Saturday, March 24, 2012

Update of Twins Bullpen Competition

Jeff Manship had a rough game Friday. In his first inning, he gave up a solo home run. But it was his second inning where things really fell apart as he failed to get a single out. To be fair, there was an error in there, but he left the game with the score tied and runners on first and second. Jarod Burton came in to relieve him and let both runners score while giving up one hit. Kyle Waldrop went 1-2-3 in the last inning for the Twins.

As a result Burton moved ahead of Manship in the rankings and Maloney and Waldrop moved ahead of both of them in the second group.

Swarzak struggled a bit in his last appearance and dropped into the second group. I still think he is close to a lock, but he is not really in the same category as the top three.

Here are the new rankings the morning of Saturday March 24. They are divided into 4 groups in order of likelihood they will make the roster:

Capps
Perkins
Duensing

Swarzak
Burnett
Maloney
Waldrop
Burton
Manship

Gray
Fien
Wise

Hendriks


Previous rankings:
Rankings 4 - March 22
Rankings 3
Rankings 2
Rankings 1

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