Breakout: SP Jose Berrios
Over the previous three seasons, Berrios went 40-27 with a 3.80 ERA and 536 strikeouts over 538.1 innings.
In 2019, he broke the 200-inning barrier (200.1) for the first time in his career while showing improvement in his walk rate (2.3). Even with better command, his strikeout rate (8.8) regressed from 2018 (9.5) while still giving up too many home runs (26 – 1.2 per nine).
Berrios had success but didn’t dominate right-handed (.254) or left-handed (.247) batters.
Over his first 22 starts, he posted a 2.80 ERA and 133 strikeouts over 141.