"...lit up like Foster Brooks." Somehow you managed to make me both laugh out loud and curse you--because I'm old enough to get that reference-- at the same time. Go Twins!
I guess I don't see the difference in 1. Being afraid to use AAA depth because then you won't have depth, and 2. Not having any AAA depth. Functionally, they're the same thing, no?
I keep coming back to: something Berrios did pissed them off. Nothing else makes sense. There isn't a rational explanation for both Tepesch and Wilk getting starts ahead of him.
What I do is, I carefully tip the can so they don't break, remove them one at a time, throw them all in the trash with the can, and go open a bag of Old Dutch.