Bergesen injuries shoulder during commerical shoot

Bergesen, 24, who went 7-5 with a 3.43 ERA in 19 starts last season, was shut down after he took a liner off his shin during a start July 30.

He didn’t pitch again for the Orioles after that and hadn’t thrown off a mound until he filmed the commercial, which was shot in an indoor batting cage at Camden Yards. It featured Bergesen throwing pitch after pitch off a mound to an unidentified catcher.

“Obviously, I hadn’t picked up a ball. I’m kicking myself in the head about it. That’s really what it was from. Not working on a mound up to that point,” Bergesen said. “I just jumped up on the mound and gave it a go. I was trying to be game speed. I was trying to be realistic as possible with it.

“The production company that came in wanted it to be as realistic as possible. And I was trying to please, and I got caught up in a moment.”