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\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
It would be tough to have been such a steady presence in the rotation for several years and then be forgotten when the team is finally doing well.<\/p>\n
In four and a half seasons with the Jays, Berr\u00edos has a 53-39 record and a 4.09 ERA in 138 starts (he had a 4.08 ERA in 135 starts with the Twins, he\u2019s nothing if not consistent). He has a 6.9 bWAR in his time with the Jays.<\/p>\n
2025 didn\u2019t quite match his previous two. He had a 4.17 ERA in 31 games, 30 starts, and a 1.3 bWAR. Not bad, but a step back from what he\u2019s been. He pitched 166 innings, the least he\u2019s thrown since 2017, but that was still 23rd most in the AL.<\/p>\n
There is a cost to throwing as many innings as he has over the past several years.<\/p>\n
The question is how he fits into the Jays\u2019 plans this year. We have Shane Bieber, Dylan Cease, Kevin Gausman, Cody Ponce and Trey Yesavage set for the rotation. Eric Lauer and Ricky Tiedmann are available in case of injury.<\/p>\n
You can never have too much pitching, but, presuming the others are healthy, it is pretty hard to imagine that Berr\u00edos wouldn\u2019t be the odd man out.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a tough spot for the team. I have my doubts that he can be traded, at least without sending a lot of money along with him.<\/p>\n
Anyway, Steamer thinks he\u2019ll pitch in 47 games, 19 starts, 139 innings with a 4.37 ERA. I have no idea. He could fill a long relief role, but we already seem to have a lot of pitchers in the pen as well. But, he\u2019s going to be pain, so he\u2019ll be on the roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Berr\u00edos came to the Jays in a trade with the Twins at the deadline in 2021. Austin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82,149220],"class_list":{"0":"post-422384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-toronto-blue-jays-analysis-and-commentary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422384","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=422384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}