If I understand what you said, I figure that they didn't discover it until after his promotion, no. This argues in favor of earlier promotion in some cases. Again, assuming I was able to parse your sentence correctly.
If I recall, weren't people saying last year that Berrios was tipping his pitches? With his stuff, just clearing that problem up corrects a multitude of issues, I'd expect.
Off-topic post of the game... Happy Asteroid Day! https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2017/jun/30/happy-asteroid-day-a-conversation-about-peaceful-global-scientific-collaboration