José Berríos

Minnesota Twins – No. 17

Pitcher

Born: May 27, 1994
Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

MLB debut

April 27, 2016, for the Minnesota Twins

MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)

3–7

8.02

Teams

José Orlando Berríos (born May 27, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Twins in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.

Career

The Minnesota Twins selected Berríos in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.^[1] He made his professional debut that season for the Elizabethton Twins of the Rookie-level Appalachian League and the Gulf Coast Twins of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League.

Berríos played for the Puerto Rican national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.^[2] During the 2013 season, Berríos played for the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Class A Midwest League.^[3] Berríos started 2014 with the Fort Myers Miracle of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.^[4] He was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game in July.^[5] He was promoted to the New Britain Rock Cats of the Class AA Eastern League on July 7,^[6] and in mid-August was promoted to the Rochester Red Wings of the Class AAA International League.^[7] Berríos began the 2015 season with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League, and received another midseason promotion to Rochester. He started the 2016 season with Rochester.^[8]

The Twins promoted Berríos to make his major league debut on April 27, 2016.^[8]

Puerto Rico 2013 World Baseball Classic roster

3 Luis Figueroa 4 Yadier Molina 10 Mike Avilés 13 Jesús Feliciano 15 Carlos Beltrán 16 Ángel Pagán 17 Eddie Rosario 19 Irving Falú 20 Pedro Valdés 24 Martín Maldonado 26 Andy González 27 Nelson Figueroa 28 José Molina 31 Giancarlo Alvarado 32 J. C. Romero 33 Randy Fontanez 34 Orlando Román 35 Giovanni Soto 37 José Berríos 38 Fernando Cabrera 44 Carlos Rivera 48 Mario Santiago 51 Alex Ríos 52 José De La Torre 53 Andrés Santiago 54 Hiram Burgos 55 Xavier Cedeño 65 Efraín Nieves

Manager Edwin Rodríguez Pitching Coach Ricky Bones Coach Carlos Baerga Coach Carlos Delgado Coach Joe Espada Coach José Rosado Coach José Valentín

Minnesota Twins current roster

Active roster	2 Brian Dozier 5 Eduardo Escobar 7 Joe Mauer 11 Jorge Polanco 12 John Ryan Murphy 15 Glen Perkins 17 José Berríos 19 Kennys Vargas 20 Eddie Rosario 22 Miguel Sanó 25 Byron Buxton 26 Max Kepler 27 Brandon Kintzler 36 Robbie Grossman 39 Danny Santana 44 Kyle Gibson 45 Phil Hughes 49 Adalberto Mejía 52 Byung-ho Park 53 Pat Light 54 Ervin Santana 55 Taylor Rogers 56 Tyler Duffey 57 Ryan Pressly 59 Michael Tonkin 60 J. T. Chargois 61 Ryan O'Rourke 62 Buddy Boshers 65 Trevor May 66 Hector Santiago 74 Mason Melotakis 76 Randy Rosario -- Jason Castro -- Mitch Garver -- Zach Granite -- Justin Haley -- Felix Jorge -- Daniel Palka -- Fernando Romero -- Engelb Vielma

Coaching staff	Manager 4 Paul Molitor Bench 46 Joe Vavra First base 40 vacant Third base 13 Gene Glynn Hitting 23 vacant Pitching 41 Neil Allen Assistant hitting 31 Chad Allen Assistant hitting 63 Rudy Hernández Bullpen 18 Eddie Guardado Bullpen catcher 75 Nate Dammann

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