Things worth mentioning…

• Jose Berrios returned to the mound for his first start since the disastrous inning he tossed for Peurto Rico in the World Baseball Classic. Berrios getting lit up by Venezuela generated some panic among those who follow the Blue Jays but Pete Walker wasn’t overly concerned about it, saying on Blair and Barker “I didn’t get to watch it live, so at first I was a bit concerned, but after I replayed the entire game I wasn’t concerned. The pitch selection and sequencing was nothing like what we’ve been working on all winter.”
• Berrios went five innings against the Orioles and allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five. It’s also worth pointing out that this was much like how a lot of his “good” starts went last season, as Berrios would look dominant at times but also had a lot of loud contact resulting in outs because of the play of the defence behind him.

• The rest of Toronto’s pitchers combined to throw four shutout innings after Berrios came out of the game, allowing just two hits while walking none. Erik Swanson had runners on first and third in the eighth inning because of an error and a single but Zach Pop came in and struck out Ryan O’Hearn to escape the situation.
• It was a pretty quiet day offensively for the Blue Jays as their two runs came on solo homers from Bo Bichette and Daulton Varsho. The homer from Varsho was his first as a member of the Blue Jays…

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