Ryan O'Rourke #40

Ryan Patrick O'Rourke...2006 graduate of St. John's (MA) High School...attended Merrimack College for four years from 2007-10, going 13-7, 1.95 ERA (189.0 IP, 41 ER) with 53 walks and 193 strikeouts in 34 games (22 starts).

Began season with Triple-A Rochester and made two appearances for the Wings before being recalled April 16...Recorded first career major league at-bat April 24 at Washington, grounding out in the 15th inning of a 16-inning Twins 6-5 defeat...Made eight appearances for the Twins, posting a 4.91 ERA (7.1 IP, 4 ER) with five walks and five strikeouts and was designated for release or assignment May 6 (Ervin Santana reinstated from disabled list)...Posted scoreless appearances in 21 of 22 outings for the Red Wings from June 8-August 9, posting a 1.00 ERA (18.0 IP, 2 ER) with four walks and 21 strikeouts in that span...Contract selected from Rochester for last stint with Twins August 13...Held left-handed batters to a .077 (2-for-26) average with Twins while right-handers hit .262 (16-for-61)...Allowed just two of 17 inherited runners to score (11.8%) second lowest percentage among Twins relievers...Combined to go 1-2, 2.89 ERA (53.0 IP, 17 ER) with 16 walks and 53 strikeouts in 59 games between Rochester and Minnesota

Was Twins spring training invite for first time in career and was reassigned to minor league camp March 25…Began season with Double-A Chattanooga, appearing in two games before being promoted to Triple-A Rochester April 17…Posted a 5.93 ERA (13.2 IP, 9 ER) with seven walks, 22 strikeouts and one home run allowed in 20 games for the Red Wings...held left-handed hitters to a .125 (3-for-24) batting average and right-handers to .357 (10-for-28)…Contract selected by Minnesota July 7 as the Twins optioned Aaron Thompson to Rochester…Made major league debut July 7 vs. Baltimore, tossing 1.0 shutout inning, including first career strikeout, fanning Steve Pearce…Held opponents scoreless in first six appearances and in 11 of his 12 appearances July 7-August 4…Held left-handed batters to a .171 (7-for-41) batting average with Minnesota and right-handed batters to a .231 (9-for-39) average…Held first-batters-faced for Minnesota to a .120 (3-for-25) batting average…Ranked third among AL left-handed rookies in appearances (25) post-All-Star Break and ranked seventh in baseball.