CHICAGO – Just as the postgame media session with Michael Pineda began, Twins players started yelling in the clubhouse.
Tyler Rogers, Taylor Rogers' twin brother, was warming up in the bullpen for his major league debut with the Giants. Tyler, a sidearming righthander, has been knocking on the door the past couple of seasons — he's a two-time Class AAA All-Star — but found his path to the majors more difficult than his brother's.
But he was about to come in, and Taylor, with his teammates, were glued to the television.
"The timing was a surprise," said Taylor, the emotions of the moment running through him. "The last couple years he had really good years, so we really just thought that maybe it wasn't going to happen.
"… Today was the day. He was the first person I called when I got called up, and he called me today, and he said, 'Tay, you're the first one I'm calling. I'm going up.' That was a pretty special moment."
Tyler, who doesn't throw hard but has been tough on righthanders in the minors, pitched a scoreless eighth in a 3-2 loss to the Diamondbacks. And that made the day even better for the Rogers brothers, because Taylor picked up the save against the White Sox.
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