Blue Jays’ $131 Million 2-Time All-Star Suffers Brutal Setback Against Yankees Affiliate

Toronto Blue Jays Veteran Jose Berrios Sees Marked Setback In Start Against New York Yankees Affiliate

But even though Tuesday offered an encouraging healthy update for the team’s big-league rotation, there was also a new reason for worry.

Ten-year MLB veteran and two-time All-Star Jose Berrios saw a concerning setback on the mound on Tuesday against the division rival New York Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

“Jose Berrios got knocked around in his rehab outing with the Buffalo Bisons. allowing five runs on five hits over four innings,” Mike Wilner wrote for the Toronto Star. “Berrios, making his way back from a stress fracture in his right elbow, threw all his pitches with reduced velocity. His fastball averaged just 91.9 miles per hour, down from 93.5 in his previous rehab start.”

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Berrios Struggles In Latest Rehab Start

The poor outing was a notable setback for Berrios, who has made three minor-league starts this season as he works his way back to the Blue Jays’ rotation. On Tuesday, he logged an 11.25 ERA with just two strikeouts in four innings, following a four-inning outing with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays last week that saw him rack up five strikeouts with a 6.75 ERA in four innings.

And that is not the kind of progress that the Blue Jays might have hoped to see from Berrios in the fifth year of a seven-year, $131 million extension that he signed in 2021.

This article was originally published on Forbes.com