Jordan Westburg and Jose Berrios have elbow surgeries

Jose Berrios (Fran Doe, Wikimedia Commons)

Two Major League Baseball players are out long term with elbow injuries. Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Jose Berrios of Bayamon, Puerto Rico will be out anywhere from two months to a year from elbow surgery to repair a stress fracture according to Ben Nicholson-Smith of Rogers Sportsnet. Meanwhile, Baltimore Orioles catcher Jordan Westburg of New Braunfels, Texas is out for the season with Tommy John surgery.

Berrios, a two-time American League All-Star with the Minnesota Twins in 2018 and 2019, has not pitched at all with the Blue Jays this season. Last year in Toronto, he had a record of nine wins and five losses with an earned run average of 4.17. During 31 games and 166 innings pitched, Berrios gave up 160 hits, 77 earned runs, 26 home runs, and 56 walks, to go along with 138 strikeouts and a WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) of 1.30.

The defending American League champions have missed Berrios mightily this year. The Blue Jays are currently six games under .500 at 21 wins and 27 losses, and are 11.5 games back of the first place Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East.

Westburg, was an All-Star with the Orioles in 2024. Like Berrios, he has not played a game in 2026. During the 2025 MLB season, Westburg batted .265 with 17 home runs and 41 runs batted in. While playing in 85 games, 328 at bats and 352 plate appearances, he scored 59 runs and had 87 hits, 10 doubles, one triple, one stolen base, 17 walks, 150 total bases, and one sacrifice fly, to go along with an on base percentage of .313 and a slugging percentage of .457. Westburg’s sacrifice fly came on September 23, 2025 in a 6-0 Orioles win over the Tampa Bay Rays.