TORONTO —
In want of pitching because the commerce deadline approached, the Toronto Blue Jays considerably upgraded their beginning rotation by buying right-handed Jose Berrios from the Minnesota Twins on Friday.
The 2-time all-star has a 7-5 document with a 3.48 earned-run common and 126 strikeouts over 20 begins with the Twins this season.
Berrios’s providers didn’t come low cost. Toronto parted with two prime prospects — infielder Austin Martin and right-handed Simeon Woods Richardson — to land the 27-year-old.
The six-foot, 205-pound Berrios was chosen by Minnesota within the first spherical (thirty second total) of the 2012 first-year participant draft.
He was named an American League all-star in each 2018 and 2019.
Berrios has a 55-43 document with a 4.08 ERA over six seasons.
Martin, 22, was chosen by the Blue Jays fifth total within the 2020 first-year draft. He was ranked the No. 2 prospect within the Blue Jays group behind pitcher Nate Pearson.
Woods Richardson, 20, was 2-4 with a 5.76 ERA over 11 begins for Double-A New Hampshire this season. He was ranked the No. 4 prospect in Toronto’s system.
The commerce was confirmed a few hours earlier than baseball’s Friday afternoon commerce deadline, and on the identical day the Blue Jays had been set to play their first sport at Rogers Centre in virtually two years.
The Jays had been primarily based in america for the complete 2020 season and the primary 4 months of the 2021 season because of COVID-19 restrictions on the Canada-U.S. border.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed July 30, 2021.
