Bullpen Rankings March 20th Update

The bullpen did pretty well today. Burton, Burnett each walked a batter, Manship and Swarzak gave up a hit each and Waldrop gave up a run on two hits. Each of them pitched one inning. There was a report that Swarzak and Maloney were going to be stretched out as potential starters in case Baker isn't ready to start, but Swarzak's single inning would seem to contradict that. Burnett has now had two good outings in a row after a rough start.

One other note. Some local writers have suggested that whether a player is on the 40 player roster will be a factor in the decisions. I doubt that. For one thing, the Twins will have an open spot available. But more important, they are going to take the best pitchers regardless of their roster status.

Here are the rankings after Monday March 19th game. They are divided into 4 groups in order of likelihood they will make the roster:

Capps
Perkins
Duensing
Swarzak

Burnett
Manship
Burton
Waldrop
Maloney

Gray
Dumatrait
Deduno
Fien
Wise

Doyle
Hendriks


Previous rankings:
Rankings 2
Rankings 1