The set-up: The middle game of this American League series sees Twins' ace Jose Berrios go up against Jays rookie Ryan Borucki. While he's looked decent in his limited time and while the sky could indeed be the limit for Borucki's career, I still think he's in over his head in this matchup.

The pitchers: Berrios is so far 9-7 with a 3.68 ERA. Berrios earned a no-decision in his final outing before the break, giving up six runs while striking out five over six innings against the Rays. Starts like that have been pretty rare for Berrios this season though, who comes in having still posted quality efforts in six of his last eight trips to the hill (is worthy to note that he's 6-2 with a 3.09 ERA in all night games. Respectable for sure.)

Borucki is so far 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA. Borucki returns from Triple-A to make this start, so far he's been shelled for nine earned runs while posting a pedestrian 21:10 K/BB over 23 frames of work.

The pick: Let's face it, both teams have been disappointments this year. Neither will be in the postseason. Each has had to deal with significant injury issues. For this one though, I'm concentrating on the starting pitchers and in my opinion, there's no reason not to think that Berrios won't be able to get the better of his still unproven/younger counterpart. Lay the price, play on Minnesota.