Pitchers will have rough outings in the big leagues. It's how they respond to that adversity that makes them regular MLB starters. Jose Berrios showed that trait for the BlueJays on Wednesday. ✍️: ArdenZwelling
That’s when Berrios thinks of his kids. His daughter, Valentina, and two sons, Sebastian and Diego Jose. They’re who he does it all for. He wears their initials on the chain around his neck and the custom cleats on his feet. They’re why he’s worked so hard to overhaul his physical and mental approach to the game throughout his career. Why he’s so obsessive over his conditioning, sleep, nutrition, and any other marginal edge that could allow him to continue making 32 starts year after year.
And, if anything, Berrios’ problem last time was being too up for it. He was over-throwing. Trying to be make each pitch nastier than the last. It was his undoing, as curveballs spun off into the dirt and fastballs drifted over the heart of the plate rather than towards its edges. Just as Trevor Wittman told Justin Gaethje when he was fighting Tony Ferguson at UFC 249, Berrios needed to “take 10 per cent off” everything he was throwing. Precision beats power; timing beats speed.
There were 10 swinging strikes, six with the curveball. There were well-spotted sinkers Alejandro Kirk vacuumed up at the bottom of the zone for called strikes. There was a PitchCom malfunction in the fourth that disrupted his rhythm, forcing Kirk to game call the old-fashioned way. Which brings us back to Berrios. Back to the mental resilience he displayed Wednesday, pitching on hostile ground, making a significant between-starts adjustment, doing what’s made him one of baseball’s most reliable and consistent starters five year’s running.
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