Blue Jays’ Berrios bounces back with solid start against Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays followers have cause to be inspired after Jose Berrios bounced again in his first begin since a tough outing with Puerto Rico on the World Baseball Classic.
The right-hander gave up one run on 5 hits and struck out 5 in five-plus innings in Grapefruit League motion towards the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.
Berrios didn’t surrender a run within the first 5 innings earlier than Terrin Vavra linked for a homer to centre to open the sixth. After giving up one other base hit, Berrios’ afternoon was over.
The Blue Jays’ opening-day starter final yr, Berrios struck out 5 and walked one. He’ll probably have another spring-training begin.
.acf-block-preview .br-snippet {
show: grid;
grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr;
hole: 20px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 16px;
border: 1px strong #CECECE;
background-color: #FFF;
border-radius: 4px;
}
.acf-block-preview .br-snippet-info a {
text-decoration: none;
}
.acf-block-preview .br-snippet-info .br-snippet-title {
shade: #343434;
font-family: ‘roboto’;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 600;
line-height: 22px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
high: -3px;
}
.acf-block-preview .br-snippet-info .br-snippet-body {
shade: #343434;
font-family: ‘urw-din’;
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 20px;
margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.acf-block-preview .br-snippet-info .br-snippet-link-title {
show: inline-block;
font-family: ‘urw-din’;
font-size: 16px;
list-style-type: none;
width: auto;
}
.acf-block-preview .br-snippet-info .br-snippet-link-title:not(:last-child):after ‘;
shade: #343434;
Berrios allowed eight of 11 Venezuela hitters to achieve base in his WBC begin final week, permitting six runs (5 earned) whereas solely pitching into the second. He threw solely 38 pitches that day, however then threw one other 30 within the bullpen.
Berrios is trying to have a bounce-back season with the Blue Jays after he struggled with consistency in 2022 and posted a 5.23 ERA with a league-leading 199 hits allowed. During the winter, the Blue Jays and Berrios analyzed his points managing the strike zone and developed a plan to ship extra high quality pitches this season.
Berrios made two spring coaching begins for the Blue Jays earlier than departing for the WBC, each towards the Philadelphia Phillies: A two-inning scoreless outing on Feb. 28 and a three-inning look on March 5 through which he allowed two runs on 5 hits. In each spring begins, he had two strikeouts.
