NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Jos茅 Berr铆os underwent a full Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Wednesday, sidelining the veteran Toronto Blue Jays starter well into the 2027 season.
The Blue Jays hoped Berr铆os 鈥� who missed Toronto鈥檚 World Series run last fall with elbow inflammation 鈥� to repair a stress fracture and remove loose bodies from the right elbow.
But manager John Schneider said a loose body was found on the ligament, which necessitated the Tommy John procedure by Dr. Keith Meister in Texas.
鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of like, got an answer,鈥� Schneider said before the Blue Jays faced the New York Yankees. 鈥淚t sucks for him, it sucks for us. I know he鈥檒l attack the rehab. It鈥檚 just the time part of it sucks. Not having him here sucks, too.鈥�
Berr铆os, 31, appeared healthy at the start of spring training. But he on the injured list with the stress fracture and posted a 10.67 ERA while displaying reduced velocity and battling a sore elbow in four rehab starts.
鈥淲hen you have something, guys are usually OK when its not surgically (repaired) initially,鈥� Schneider said. 鈥淩eally didn鈥檛 see this coming.鈥�
Berr铆os and teammate Patrick Corbin are the only pitchers to make at least 30 starts in each of the last seven full seasons, since 2018. Berr铆os, in the fifth year of a seven-year deal signed in November 2021, is 53-39 with a 4.09 ERA since being acquired from the Minnesota Twins in July 2021.
鈥淪ince we acquired him, he鈥檚 just been steady, he鈥檚 been kind of part of what we鈥檙e doing and reliable, obviously,鈥� Schneider said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 weird not having him. I think that we were looking for him to kind of just get back to normal a little bit. And he was hoping for that, too.鈥�
Berr铆os鈥� season-ending surgery is another blow to an injury-battered Toronto rotation. has yet to make a start this season due to right forearm stiffness. , who signed with the Blue Jays after four seasons in Japan, suffered a season-ending right knee injury in his first start March 30. , who made 27 starts the previous two seasons, underwent Tommy John surgery in February.
Veteran has been limited to five starts by forearm and ankle injuries while , a rookie sensation in the playoffs last year, was slated to make his fifth start Wednesday after missing the first month with a right shoulder impingement.
Schneider said Scherzer is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Thursday while Bieber could begin a rehab stint next week. Bieber would likely need at least four or five starts before he becomes an option for the Blue Jays, who entered Wednesday at 21-27 and 11 1/2 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.
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