Aug 7, 2021; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Jose Berrios (17) delivers a pitch against the Boston Red Sox during the sixth inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports
It didn’t take long for “prized” trade deadline acquisition Jose Berrios to reveal his full bag of tricks to his new team and fans. In only three starts, the Blue Jays starter has looked like an elite top-of-the-rotation starter, and then, Thursday night in Anaheim, a middling or even back-end of the rotation kind of guy.
Mistakenly labeled by some around baseball as an “ace” (mostly due to the Minnesota Twins yearly lack of any other ace options), the facts instead point to Berrios being an up-and-down pitcher, oftentimes very good indeed, but with more than the occasional clunker thrown in.