Now I have no choice but to say that it is eating and running. Jose Berrios (29) has become a troublemaker for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Berrios started the 2023 major league away game against the Kansas City Royals held at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA on the 4th (Korean time), and became a losing pitcher with 9 hits, 7 strikeouts, 2 walks and 8 runs in 5⅔ innings.
Berrios was traded from the Minnesota Twins to Toronto during the 2021 season. That year, he was decent, going 12-9 with a 3.52 earned run average in 32 games. In Toronto, he had an average ERA of 3.58 with 5 wins and 4 losses in 12 games. Then, as soon as the 2021-2022 offseason began, Toronto gave Berrios a 7-year, $131 million (approximately 172.2 billion won) contract extension.
It was to the point of announcing the extension of Berrios’토토사이트contract before the free agency contract targets. Although Kevin Gaussman was recruited from the free agency market, Toronto chose Berrios as the starter for the 2022 season opener. Ryu Hyun-jin showed extreme ups and downs in the 2021 season, and considering his injury history and not a small age, I thought Berrios should lead the Toronto mound.
Toronto’s calculations didn’t fit at all at this point, a year later. Berrios recorded 12 wins and 7 losses with an ERA of 5.23 in 32 games in the 2022 season. At first glance, it seems like a decent record, but it’s not. He posted a 0.288 batting average, 1.42 WHIP, and 29 home runs in 172 innings. His ERA, batting average, and WHIP are all the lowest among pitchers who have filled the required innings in the American League. The most home runs allowed is 4th. He appeared in 32 games healthy and digested 172 innings, but with the help of the batting line, he accumulated 12 wins.
In particular, Berrios withdrew with 3 hits (1 home run), 3 walks and 4 runs in ⅓ innings against the Texas Rangers in the opening game of the 2022 season. The newly selected first starter, who pushed out Ryu Hyun-jin, who had been in the opening game for the second year in a row in Toronto, creaked from the start.
This season started with 4 starts, but it collapsed again. He mixed a slub and changeup with a 95 mph four-seam and sinker. The slub reliance was high, and the ball was often formed high in the strike zone. He had 2 wins in 4 exhibition games and an ERA of 4.30, which was not very good, and he could not break his first regular season game. Toronto’s 5-9 loss.
Toronto made the opening starting rotation with Alec Manoa, Gaussman, Chris Bassett, Berrios, and Yusei Kikuchi. Manoa, Bassett, and Berrios all performed poorly in their first appearances. In the early race, stabilizing the starters emerged as the biggest challenge.