After a rough last outing, Berrios and the Blue Jays entered Saturday’s game with a plan, and he carried it out — striking out a career-best 13 batters and looking more like his dominant self than at any other point this season. ✍: ShiDavidi
“Four eyes are better than two,” explained the right-hander. “We get on the same page, then we create a plan and try to execute it.”
One of, and far from the only thing, each collectively contributing to his impressive rebound against the team that traded him away last summer.First and foremost, Berrios’ velo was back and then some as he averaged 94.3 m.p.h., up a tick from his baseline, and maxed out 95.8, alleviating concerns that last week’s drop was tied to his health.
Notice that his curveball and changeup are grouped more toward the bottom of the cluster, while his fastballs more at the top. To better unify the release point, they made a slight adjustment on the pitching rubber and tweaked how Alejandro Kirk set up behind the plate.Next came better location with his heaters, avoiding the glove side of the plate middle up with his four-seamer, and middle up with his sinker, the primary trouble spots for both pitches.
What matters, Walker believed, “is not just getting into those counts, it’s how you’re getting there and what you use in those counts.”
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