KANSAS CITY - When he’s at his best, Roberto Osuna gives the impression that he is as sharp mentally as he his physically, required tools of the trade for one of baseball’s best relief pitchers.
But life has become significantly more complicated for the talented 22-year-old Blue Jays reliever as he grapples with issues that go far beyond his ability to throw a 97 mile per hour fastball from a pitcher’s mound.
Osuna on Saturday revealed that he’s been bogged down by feelings of anxiousness over the past week, tricks playing so deep in his mind that he was unavailable to pitch when the Jays found themselves in a ninth-inning jam here on Friday night.