The Twins' acquisition of right-handed starting pitcher Dean Kremer from the Baltimore Orioles earlier this month seemed like a rather unexciting move at the time. Against his former team at Target Field, Kremer threw seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts on 89 pitches. Twins SP Dean Kremer makes major change to pitch mixNotably, Kremer cut down on his sinker usage significantly in Monday's win. There's a reason the Twins had Kremer cut down on his sinker usage. Lowering his sinker usage seemed like a simple fix, but the Orioles apparently didn't think to do so, for whatever reason.