DUNEDIN, Fla. — Just when it felt like José Berríos was back to his old self, an MRI has thrown a wrench into those plans.
Berríos was undergoing testing for insurance purposes, hoping to join Puerto Rico for the quarterfinal stage of the World Baseball Classic, but an MRI showed inflammation in his right elbow. The Blue Jays, following up with an MRI of their own, found what John Schneider called “a different inflammation” from late last season.
The good news? It’s nothing structural, nothing impacting his ligaments. The bad news? Berríos was scratched from Thursday’s scheduled start and the Blue Jays are now in an “info gathering” stage.
“It’s weird. The MRI is seeing something, and what I feel is way…