Looking at the Twins Centerfield Candidates' Stats

It’s still Spring Training so we can’t really put much stock in player stats but since I have no way to watch most of the games I find myself keeping a close eye on the stats being put up by the Minnesota Twins' three centerfield candidates. As of Wednesday morning a few things are standing out to me so I figured I’d share them.

The first thing I noticed was that Carlos Gomez leads the team in at bats with 24 (not surprisingly) and yet he only has a 167 batting average. Compare that with Jason Pridie who is hitting 304 so far and Denard Span who is hitting 278 and Gomez appears to be less than impressive. This got me a little more excited about Pridie though and my initial reaction was to think that he probably has the best chance to win the centerfield job. Looking closer at his numbers though reveal that his batting average is extremely empty as he has no extra base hits and no walks to go along with four strike outs. Then I looked at Denard Span’s stats and found that he is currently the doing the best of the three and it isn’t even close. Spans 278 average is nothing special but he has backed it up with a couple of doubles, four walks and no strike outs giving him a 435 on base percentage which is head and shoulders better then the other two. Of course it’s early but the winner after the first couple weeks based on the stats alone is clearly Span. Of course stats this time of the year mean next to nothing but it’s still surprising to me to see Span leading the charge.