Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios was placed on the 15-day injured list on Thursday due to right elbow inflammation.

It marks the first time the 10-year veteran has been on the IL as a major leaguer.

Berrios, 31, will undergo an MRI. His velocity has dipped slightly in recent weeks, and he pitched two relief innings on Wednesday, ending a starting streak that stretched back to 2017.

“We’ll see what the MRI says, but it’s probably connected somehow with the stuff,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said before Thursday’s game against the Boston Red Sox. “Ideally, we’re not trying to put Jose in the bullpen. If his stuff is where it was in years past, we’re probably not having that conversation. How it all correlates, we’ll see what the MRI says, but he was grinding through it, f

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