Last week, the Twins were showing signs of life on the mound and at the plate. They were going to be facing two teams that were struggling to not only win games, but even keep them close in Detroit and Toronto.
So, of course, the Twins went 1-6 this past week (May 16-22), getting out-scored 41-24 in the process. After promising starts preceding last Monday’s against Jordan Zimmermann, Jose Berrios could only muster 2/3 of an inning, giving up 7 earned runs ~ and his place in the starting rotation.
Fellow rookie Pat Dean is now in the rotation as the Rochester Express shuttled Berrios and Eddie Rosario to AAA, and brought up reliever Taylor Rogers and free agent Robbie Grossman (more on that later).