{"id":334775,"date":"2025-12-09T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/334775\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:14:08","slug":"ross-atkins-says-jose-berrios-made-decision-to-not-be-with-toronto-blue-jays-for-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/334775\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Atkins says Jose Berrios made decision to not be with Toronto Blue Jays for World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> general manager Ross Atkins said Monday that pitcher Jose Berrios<\/a> made the decision not be with the team for the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n

Atkins was asked whether Berrios\u2019 absence had to with the right elbow injury that ended his season, or rehab related to the injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was not happy,\u201d Atkins said, per MLB.com\u2019s Keegan Matheson<\/a>. \u201cHe was disappointed that he wasn\u2019t in our rotation. He handled it well, but then when it came down to roster selection, he wasn\u2019t on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berrios did not appear in the postseason after being placed on the injured list late in the year with right elbow inflammation. The 31-year-old righty went 9-5 during the regular season with a 4.17 ERA and was moved to the bullpen down the stretch, a decision that also did not sit well with him, according to Matheson. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always tough when someone of his pedigree is not in the rotation,\u201d Atkins explained of the late-season move. \u201cI\u2019m sure he was not excited with that decision. Having to be the one who makes it makes it very difficult. I\u2019d describe the relationship as solid, professional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berrios is under team control at a salary of $19 million for 2026 season before having an opt-out clause next winter. Should he elect not to opt out, Berrios is signed for another two years at an annual salary of $24 million.<\/p>\n

His future with the Blue Jays is murky after Toronto spent big to add free-agent Dylan Cease<\/a> last month and also added starter Cody Ponce on a three-year deal. Those two join returning starters Kevin Gausman<\/a>, Shane Bieber<\/a>, Trey Yesavage<\/a> and Eric Lauer<\/a>, who saw 15 starts among his 28 appearances in 2025.<\/p>\n

Berrios has a career record of 108-82 with a 4.08 ERA over 10 seasons with the Minnesota Twins<\/a> and Blue Jays. He went 16-11 with a 3.60 ERA in 2024 and 11-12 with a 3.65 ERA in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said Monday that pitcher Jose Berrios made the decision not be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[712,49,48,75166,462,82,75156],"class_list":["post-334775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jose-berrios-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-657852","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-238"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}