Spring Training Stats

A few nuggets from ESPN.com's spring training leader boards (all rankings are for both leagues combined):

-- James Jurries (.467) and Wilson Betemit (.464) are #10 and #11 in batting average

-- Jurries is tied for sixth with 12 RBI

-- Matt Diaz is tied for second with 17 hits. Diaz and Jurries appear to be hitting their way onto the team, one would hope. However, the specter of Brian Jordan (batting .375) continues to lurk...

-- Ryan Langerhans is one of several players who've hit 5 doubles so far

-- Joey Devine is mowing 'em down, and is tied for second with 15 Ks. He trails Steve Watkins by one, but Watkins (a Nats farmhand) has thrown 13 innings to Devine's 8.

-- Old Friend Dept. -- Eli Marrero, seeking a career resurgence, is batting .452 for the Rockies. Dewayne Wise, still looking for his initial career surgence, is second in runs scored with 12, and is slugging a gaudy .939 for the Reds. Check out the Marlins bullpen -- saves have been recorded by 34-year-old Kerry Ligtenberg and (get this) Brad Clontz, who hasn't been seen in a big league uni since Y2K. Damon Hollins, the Mayor of Richmond himself, leads everyone with 8 SBs.