Kathryn Sears
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Instead, it was a matter of inches. His fastballs were leaking over the plate. His breaking ball wasnât kissing the edge of the zone. He was so close, it seemed, but everything was going wrong.\n\nNow, itâs all going right. 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BerrÃos is throwing his sinker and slurve more, but his four-seam fastball and changeup less. Heâs really been leaning on that combination of his sinker and excellent breaking ball, which Schneider says is behind his success against left-handers. The pitches look as good as they ever have leaving his hand, but BerrÃos seems to have found a sweet spot with his mix.\n\nâWe worked so hard in the offseason, Spring Training, now during the season,â BerrÃos said. âIt was more about getting stronger mentally. Iâm still building myself and my ability. God gave me the blessing to play this beautiful sport. Now, I have to work hard every day and enjoy every pitch.â\n\nAll of this is so sweet for BerrÃos given how last year ended, with BerrÃos being yanked early in the AL Wild Card Series in Minneapolis, a decision thatâs hung over this club since. He handled it so professionally, though, from the moments after that loss in a quiet clubhouse to the dawn of a new season this spring in Dunedin. 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April 14th, 2024
Thereâs something different about BerrÃos in 2024, but for so long, the beauty of his game was that nothing ever changed. Save for the oddball outlier of â22, BerrÃos has been baseballâs poster boy for consistency. Heâs a classic. Thereâs no need for the annual remodel.
What if BerrÃos has another gear, though? For so long, BerrÃos has been cast as a âvery goodâ pitcher who has reached cruising altitude. Undeniably talented, but the main attraction has been his reliability and the conversation has rarely expanded to consider BerrÃosâ remaining upside. Thatâs finally changing.
BerrÃos is off to the best start of his big league career, holding a 1.05 ERA after seven innings of scoreless ball in Sundayâs 5-0 win over the Rockies. Sure, BerrÃos got the Opening Day nod because Kevin Gausmanâs schedule had been derailed earlier in camp, but BerrÃos is pitching like the ace now.
â’La Makina’ is the machine,â Gausman said earlier this season. âHe doesnât stop. Heâs different than all of us.â
It might not always show through your screen, but BerrÃos is in remarkable shape. Heâs built like a linebacker, but still has the fluidity and flexibility to stay athletic in his delivery.
Itâs the best of both worlds, a balance so few pitchers are able to strike.
âHe lives up to his nickname, ‘La Makina’. Heâs a machine,â Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. âItâs hard to find that durability in this day and age. His delivery is so consistent. When you’re not fighting anything mechanically, you just go out and pitch. A lot of it is just him, his personality, his work ethic, the professional he is. Itâs hard to do.â
Itâs always an incremental game with BerrÃos, given how consistent heâs been. Even in 2022, when he posted a 5.23 ERA that seemed to come out of nowhere, BerrÃos didnât âlose itâ entirely.
If you walked past your TV at any point during the game, you wouldnât see him sailing balls over the catcherâs head. Instead, it was a matter of inches. His fastballs were leaking over the plate. His breaking ball wasnât kissing the edge of the zone. He was so close, it seemed, but everything was going wrong.
Now, itâs all going right. This is more than just a change of fortune or batted-ball luck, and itâs the underlying changes that lend some optimism to BerrÃos sustaining this.
The short version? BerrÃos is throwing his sinker and slurve more, but his four-seam fastball and changeup less. Heâs really been leaning on that combination of his sinker and excellent breaking ball, which Schneider says is behind his success against left-handers. The pitches look as good as they ever have leaving his hand, but BerrÃos seems to have found a sweet spot with his mix.
âWe worked so hard in the offseason, Spring Training, now during the season,â BerrÃos said. âIt was more about getting stronger mentally. Iâm still building myself and my ability. God gave me the blessing to play this beautiful sport. Now, I have to work hard every day and enjoy every pitch.â
All of this is so sweet for BerrÃos given how last year ended, with BerrÃos being yanked early in the AL Wild Card Series in Minneapolis, a decision thatâs hung over this club since. He handled it so professionally, though, from the moments after that loss in a quiet clubhouse to the dawn of a new season this spring in Dunedin. As a person, just like as a pitcher, heâs reliable.
Eventually, one of those games will come again, and if BerrÃos keeps throwing the ball like this, heâs going to be on the mound. Thatâs what the Blue Jays planned on when they handed him a seven-year, $131 million extension soon after trading for him in â21, and while the road to get here has been winding, weâre seeing the fullest version of BerrÃos yet.
âWe have the talent. We have the group,â BerrÃos said. âItâs just on us to keep doing what weâre doing. Like we say in our meetings: Win the series, win the World Series. Thatâs the goal.â
BerrÃos wonât start again until the Yankees leave town and the Blue Jays hit the road for San Diego, but thereâs a palpable sense of momentum here. When youâre as consistent as BerrÃos is, your talent can almost be taken for granted across the league without a season that truly wows everyone, but this isnât just another BerrÃos season.
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