Latest Blue Jays injuries & transactions
This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Blue Jays injury news and transactions.
Santander homers to begin Triple-A rehab with tight deadline looming
TORONTO -- Finally, Anthony Santander’s name is on a lineup card. After three-and-a-half months on the IL, Santander went 1-for-3 with a home run as the designated hitter to begin his rehab assignment with Triple-A Buffalo in an 8-7 loss to Rochester on Thursday night at Innovative Field. It’s often
Blue Jays lose red-hot Bichette (left knee) to 10-day IL
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays have placed Bo Bichette on the 10-day IL with a left knee sprain, a major blow with just 19 games left in a tight race for the American League East title. Bichette injured his knee Saturday in New York on a hard collision at home
Bichette returns, finishes game after hard collision at home
NEW YORK -- Everybody exhale. The biggest relief of the Blue Jays’ season came when Bo Bichette bounced out of the dugout and jogged onto the field after a long rain delay in Saturday afternoon's 3-1 loss at Yankee Stadium.
Varsho exits after taking pitch off hand, initial X-rays negative
TORONTO -- A bad night in Toronto got a whole lot worse when Daulton Varsho left the game after taking a 96.9 mph fastball off his right hand. Varsho was attempting to check his swing against Brewers reliever Aaron Ashby, and when the pitch made contact with his hand along
Vlad Jr. (hamstring) participates in hitting, running activities
MIAMI -- Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. wasn’t in the starting lineup in Friday night’s 5-2 win over the Marlins in the series opener at loanDepot park, but he's nearing a return.
Vlad Jr. day to day after MRI reveals 'just inflammation' in hamstring
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. remained out of the Blue Jays' starting lineup on Tuesday night against the Pirates, but Toronto received good news on its five-time All-Star. An MRI exam revealed "just inflammation" in Guerrero's left hamstring, and the first baseman is day to day, manager John Schneider said before Tuesday's
Vlad to undergo MRI after exiting with hamstring tightness
PITTSBURGH -- They’re the last words you want to hear if you’re a Blue Jays fan. “Now pinch-hitting for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. …”
Bieber's final rehab start everything Blue Jays could hope for
TORONTO -- The wait is almost over. Shane Bieber is coming. Friday night in Buffalo left no doubt that Bieber, the Cy Young Award winner and Toronto’s biggest Trade Deadline splash with the potential to lead them deep into October, is ready to make his Blue Jays debut. Bieber threw
Santander (left shoulder) begins hitting, leaves door open for '25 return
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays are leaving the porch light on for Anthony Santander. The Blue Jays’ biggest offseason signing finally started his hitting progression recently in Toronto, the two words John Schneider has waited months to say. He’s still in the very early stages of this -- hitting off
As Bieber nears Jays debut, how will his addition impact rotation?
LOS ANGELES -- Shane Bieber is one step closer to making his Blue Jays debut. The 30-year-old right-hander threw 78 pitches in his second rehab start with Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday, allowing two earned runs on four hits with a walk and six strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings.
Loperfido leaves game after taking fastball off knee, X-rays negative for fracture
DENVER -- Joey Loperfido left Tuesday night’s game in the 6th inning at Coors Field in considerable pain, arms draped over manager John Schneider and the Blue Jays’ trainer, after taking a 98.2-mph fastball to his right knee. The early diagnosis is a right knee contusion, but it’s easy to
Bieber rolls in rehab start in another positive step toward joining Blue Jays
TORONTO -- Shane Bieber took another step toward making his Blue Jays debut on Sunday afternoon, making his first rehab start since being acquired from the Guardians at the Trade Deadline.
Springer exits in 9th vs. O's after HBP on back of helmet
BALTIMORE -- The entire stadium froze Monday night in Baltimore when George Springer was hit in the head by a Kade Strowd fastball in the ninth inning. Springer immediately dropped to the ground and manager John Schneider bolted from the dugout the moment it happened, soon followed by members of
Kirk (concussion) placed on IL after taking foul tip off mask
DETROIT -- If there’s one player the Blue Jays couldn’t afford to lose late this season, it’s Alejandro Kirk. Sunday, the Blue Jays placed Kirk on the 7-day IL with a concussion, one day after he left the Blue Jays’ 6-1 win over the Tigers. Kirk had taken a hard
Varsho eyeing return from hamstring injury
TORONTO -- Daulton Varsho is coming … again. First, it was the tail end of Varsho’s rehab from shoulder surgery that kept him on the IL to open the season, then a hamstring injury that got him just a month after he returned, but the Blue Jays are finally close
With Santander likely out through August, Blue Jays could seek aircraft carrier at Deadline
TORONTO -- Anthony Santander has been “week to week” for nearly two months now … and the Blue Jays are starting to run out of weeks. The Blue Jays’ big offseason splash has been stuck in a long, often mysterious dance with left shoulder inflammation that just won’t go away.
With García sidelined, Blue Jays have acute Deadline need
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Manoah to begin rehab assignment, Burr lands on 60-day IL
WEST SACRAMENTO -- Before the Blue Jays’ road series opener against the Athletics in June 2024, manager John Schneider delivered bad news: Pitcher Alek Manoah would need season-ending surgery to repair a torn UCL. Over a year later, with Toronto again ready to start a road set against the A’s,
'Best version' of Scherzer on display before thumb issue prompts exit
TORONTO -- Every adrenaline junkie has a way to get their fix. Some jump out of airplanes, plummeting towards earth until they pull their parachute. Some jump off bridges, a bungee cord strapped around their ankles. Max Scherzer pitches.
Vlad Jr., J-Ram exit after HBPs in tense series finale
CLEVELAND -- One inning after Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was hit by a pitch on his right forearm, Guardians third baseman José Ramírez experienced the same fate in the fourth inning of Thursday afternoon’s series finale between Toronto and Cleveland at Progressive Field.
Reinforcements are on the horizon for Blue Jays
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Scherzer activated from IL; Turnbull designated for assignment
TORONTO -- Nearly three months since he made his debut with the Blue Jays, Max Scherzer is back. Scherzer on Wednesday was activated from the 60-day injured list to start against Cleveland, a move the club hopes will mark the end of a long, challenging battle against his pesky right
Blue Jays put Francis (shoulder) on IL, DFA Swanson in pitching shakeup
TORONTO -- There are two open spots in the Blue Jays’ rotation now. The club significantly shuffled the roster, placing starter Bowden Francis on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to Sunday) and designating reliever Erik Swanson for assignment ahead of Tuesday’s series opener against the D-backs at Rogers Centre.
Scherzer makes 1st rehab start in return from thumb issue
PHILADELPHIA -- Even if the Blue Jays have been one of the hottest teams in baseball, all of the attention on Friday was on a Triple-A game 400 miles away. Max Scherzer made his first rehab start, throwing 56 pitches over 4 1/3 innings of two-run ball with four strikeouts