Twins manager Ron Gardenhire expressed great disappointment with starting pitcher Vance Worley, who was optioned to Triple-A Rochester following Wednesday's loss at Atlanta. Worley, who was acquired in an offseason trade with Philadelphia, allowed three home runs in the loss and saw his ERA jump to 7.21.
"We're looking for performance here," Gardenhire said, per the Pioneer Press. "We got him in a trade. We need performance. You've seen what's happened here in a row with our starters. We needed him to step up, and it didn't work out."
Gardenhire hopes the demotion will get the right-hander on track.
"He needs to go down and get going," Gardenhire said. "I think we're just searching for the guy that we got in the trade. He's got the stuff. Now he's got to put it out on the field."