Twins pitcher Ryan Pressly entered Saturday's contest against the Rangers sporting a 1.86 ERA through six appearances.

Manager Ron Gardenhire told MLB.com that he is confident, throwing the right-hander into plenty of situations.

"I don't see any problems pitching him anywhere," Gardenhire said. "With that velocity and that breaking ball, I'm not worried about him being afraid or anything like that. He goes right at them."

Gardenhire added that he has liked what he's seen from the 24-year-old thus far.

"He's not afraid," Gardenhire said. "He wings it. He was throwing 94-95 mph last night with a nice breaking ball. Last night, it was great innings. The last hit he gave up I think was an 0-2 count, and he tried to throw it up in the zone but it didn't get there. But other than that, he didn't make too many mistakes."