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The Toronto Blue Jays made their mountainous pass earlier than the factitious minimize-off date Friday, acquiring two-time All-Superstar Jose Berrios from the Minnesota Twins.
Per an announcement by the Blue Jays, Berrios will be half of the Toronto starting rotation with top prospects Austin Martin and Simeon Woods Richardson going attend to Minnesota.
Berrios’ addition would perhaps well enjoy to provide an gigantic enhance to a unit that has lacked consistency and depth.
Up to the moment Blue Jays Starting Rotation
No. 1: Hyun Jin Ryu
No. 2: Jose Berrios
No. 3: Robbie Ray
No. 4: Steven Matz
No. 5: Ross Stripling
Injured list: Alex Manoah
The acquisition of Berrios came at a steep mark. Martin and Woods Richardson are ranked as top 100 prospects by MLB.com. They are now the second- and third-ranked prospects in the Minnesota farm draw.
No topic what happens with Martin and Woods Richardson, the Blue Jays made the factual pass for where they’re now: 4.5 games on the attend of the Oakland Athletics for the second wild card in the American League.
Even supposing Toronto doesn’t web the postseason this year, Berrios has one extra year of arbitration earlier than his free agency. He solves a predominant teach with the roster for the remainder of this season and in 2022.
The Blue Jays rotation ranks 27th in innings (488), 19th in FIP (4.36) and 27th in homers allowed per nine innings (1.6).
Ray (20 GS, 3.04 ERA) and Ryu (20 GS, 3.26 ERA) are the finest pitchers who enjoy made not not as much as 10 begins and revel in an ERA below 4.58.
Berrios, who used to be named to the AL All-Superstar team in 2018 and 2019, has a 3.48 ERA, 3.57 FIP, 1.04 WHIP and 126 strikeouts over 121.2 innings in 20 begins this season.
