Blue Jays starting pitcher Berrios given opening day nod for 2nd straight season

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The Toronto Blue Jays announced Monday that right-hander Jose Berrios volition beryllium their 2025 season-opening starting pitcher. In the 2024 opener, helium was pulled aft allowing 4 earned runs successful 1/3 of an inning against Texas.

Veteran right-hander pulled successful 1st inning of 1st crippled past twelvemonth against Rangers

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· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 1:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Jose Berrios throws a transportation against Atlanta successful the archetypal inning of a MLB outpouring grooming crippled astatine TD Ballpark successful Dunedin, Florida connected March 16, 2025.

The Toronto Blue Jays announced Monday that right-hander Jose Berrios volition beryllium their 2025 season-opening starting pitcher.

Berrios volition commencement the Blue Jays' play for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a enactment and the 3rd clip successful the past 4 campaigns erstwhile helium takes the mound March 27 against the visiting Baltimore Orioles.

He earned the triumph successful an 8-2 roadworthy triumph implicit the Tampa Bay Rays to unfastened 2024. He gave up 2 runs connected six hits portion striking retired six implicit six innings.

His opening-day commencement successful 2022 was little memorable. He was pulled aft allowing 4 earned runs successful 1/3 of an inning earlier Toronto rallied for a 10-8 triumph implicit the Texas Rangers astatine Rogers Centre.

Berrios went 16-11 with a 3.60 earned-run mean implicit 32 starts successful 2024. He has a 1-0 grounds with a 2.35 ERA implicit 4 starts this spring.

The Blue Jays person won their past 5 play openers.

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