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Birth Date5-27-1994
Height6' 0"
Weight205 lbs
Age30 years, 9 months, 23 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
-1.42016
2.12017
2.42018
2.52019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEARTeamGGSIPWLSVHBBSOHRPPFH/9BB/9HR/9K/9GB%BABIPWHIPFIPERAcFIPDRADRA-WARP
2016 MIN 14 14 58.3 3 7 0 74 35 49 12 109 11.4 5.4 1.9 7.6 39% .344 1.87 6.15 8.02 123 7.42 164.3 -1.4
2017 MIN 26 25 145.7 14 8 0 131 48 139 15 106 8.1 3.0 0.9 8.6 41% .289 1.23 3.83 3.89 100 4.29 91.4 2.1
2018 MIN 32 32 192.3 12 11 0 159 61 202 25 105 7.4 2.9 1.2 9.5 43% .270 1.14 3.94 3.84 101 4.25 94.9 2.4
2019 MIN 32 32 200.3 14 8 0 194 51 195 26 100 8.7 2.3 1.2 8.8 43% .299 1.22 3.88 3.68 98 4.44 91.1 2.9
Career104103596.743340558195585781048.42.91.28.842%.2931.264.114.211024.6399.56.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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Plate Discipline

YEARPitsZone%Swing%Contact%Z-Swing%O-Swing%Z-Contact%O-Contact%SwStr%
2016 1207 0.4499 0.4283 0.7892 0.6243 0.2681 0.8407 0.6910 0.2108
2017 2380 0.4811 0.4500 0.7656 0.6262 0.2866 0.8410 0.6130 0.2344
2018 2979 0.4696 0.4703 0.7380 0.6519 0.3095 0.8344 0.5583 0.2620
2019 3128 0.4831 0.4869 0.7656 0.6314 0.3519 0.8428 0.6362 0.2344
Career96940.47430.46540.76010.63550.31240.83950.61340.2399

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Compensation

YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$56,315,000
2019Current$19,000,000
8 yrPvs + Cur$75,315,000
3 yrFuture$67,000,000
11 yrTotal$142,315,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 44 dWasserman7 years/$131M (2022-28)

Details
  • 7 years/$131M (2022-28). Signed extension with Toronto 11/18/21. $5M signing bonus ($2.5M each on 1/31/22 and 4/30/22). 22:$10M, 23:$15M, 24:$17M, 25:$18M, 26:18M, 27:$24M, 28:$24M. Berrios may opt out of contract after 2026 season. 2027-28 salaries may increase up to $5M each season: $1M each for 300, 350 combined innings pitched in 2025-26. $500,000 each for 375, 400 combined IP in 2025-26. $2M each for Cy Young award in 2025 or 2026. $1.5M each for second-fifth place in 2025 or 2026 Cy Young vote. $750,000 each for sixth-10th place in 2025 or 2026 Cy Young vote. Limited no-trade protection.
  • 1 year/$6.1M (2021). Re-signed by Minnesota 12/2/20 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Toronto in trade from Minnesota 7/30/21 with $2,131,720 remaining on contract.
  • 1 year/$4.025M (2020). Lost arbitration with Minnesota 2/6/20 ($4.4M-$4.025M).
  • 1 year/$620,000 (2019). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/19.
  • 1 year/$570,000 (2018). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by Minnesota 4/26/16.
  • Drafted by Minnesota 2012 (1s-32) (Papa Juan XXIII HS, Bayamon, P.R.). $1.55M signing bonus (slot amount).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCTWLSVGGSIPHBBSOHRBABIPWHIPERADRAVORPWARP
90o 0 0.7 0 1 1 16.1 12 5 17 1 .256 1.05 2.74 3.04 0.1 0.0
80o 0 0.7 0 1 1 12.5 10 4 13 1 .266 1.11 3.04 3.37 -0.1 0.0
70o 0 0.7 0 1 1 10.0 8 3 10 1 .273 1.15 3.27 3.62 -0.2 0.0
60o 0 0.7 0 1 1 7.9 7 3 8 1 .279 1.19 3.45 3.82 -0.4 0.0
50o 0 0.8 0 1 1 6.0 5 2 6 1 .285 1.22 3.63 4.02 -0.5 -0.1
40o 0 0.8 0 1 1 4.1 4 2 4 0 .291 1.26 3.81 4.22 -0.6 -0.1
30o 0 0.8 0 1 1 2.1 2 1 2 0 .297 1.30 3.99 4.43 -0.8 -0.1
Weighted Mean00.80115.85261.2841.223.614.01-0.5-0.1

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, José Berríos threw 23,654 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2025, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2025, he relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph), Change (86mph) and Cutter (90mph).