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Latest Blue Jays injuries & transactions

June 14, 2025

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Blue Jays injury news and transactions.

Scherzer makes 1st rehab start in return from thumb issue

@KeeganMatheson
June 13, 2025

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

Scherzer sets first rehab start; Turnbull eyes Blue Jays debut 

@KeeganMatheson
June 9, 2025

ST. LOUIS -- Max Scherzer is coming. Well, at least that’s the plan. Scherzer is now scheduled to make his first rehab start Friday with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, and if he only needs one more outing following that, it could put Scherzer on track to return before the end

Blue Jays reinstate Giménez, Heineman off IL

@juliackreuz
June 3, 2025

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays reinstated Andrés Giménez off the 10-day injured list and Tyler Heineman off the 7-day concussion injured list ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Phillies. To make room for Giménez and Heineman on the roster, infielder Michael Stefanic and catcher Ali Sánchez were designated for assignment.

With Varsho to IL, who will fill the shoes in the Blue Jays' outfield?

@KeeganMatheson
June 1, 2025

TORONTO -- Baseball moves quickly. Less than 24 hours after Daulton Varsho went down with a left hamstring injury against the A’s, the Blue Jays are trying to fit their crowded, complicated outfield puzzle together again.

Varsho's injury casts a pall on Blue Jays' 4-HR day

@KeeganMatheson
May 31, 2025

TORONTO -- Just as the Blue Jays were building another rally on Saturday against the A’s, the air was sucked out of Rogers Centre when Daulton Varsho went down with a left leg injury. The early diagnosis is “left hamstring discomfort.” Varsho launched a deep shot to left field that

Santander goes on IL with left shoulder inflammation

No. 5 prospect Roden recalled for second stint with big league club
@KeeganMatheson
May 30, 2025

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays have placed Anthony Santander on the 10-day IL, a decision that feels like it’s been looming as a possibility for weeks now. Santander’s official designation here is left shoulder inflammation, but he’s also dealt with some left hip inflammation over the past week-plus. Santander clearly

High-leverage arm Garcia goes on IL with shoulder injury

@KeeganMatheson
May 24, 2025

TAMPA -- The Blue Jays are facing some time without Yimi García, arguably their most important reliever, who has been placed on the 15-day IL with a right shoulder impingement. The news came as a surprise before Saturday’s game against the Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field. There was no

Giménez lands on IL with quad strain; Stefanic called up

@KeeganMatheson
May 9, 2025

SEATTLE -- The Blue Jays’ defense will need to get used to life without Andrés Giménez, at least for 10 days. Giménez was placed on the IL with a right quad strain before Friday’s series opener against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park. The Blue Jays had spent the last couple

Scherzer throws to hitters in big step toward return

May 7, 2025

ANAHEIM -- Max Scherzer is one step closer to returning to the mound. The 40-year-old right-hander, who has been on the injured list with right thumb inflammation since exiting early from his Blue Jays debut on March 29, faced live batters Tuesday for the first time since his injury.

Swanson to meet with Blue Jays' staff after setback in rehab

@KeeganMatheson
April 30, 2025

TORONTO -- Erik Swanson’s path back to the big leagues just hit another unfortunate detour.

Blue Jays shake up bullpen with Sandlin (right lat) to IL, Barnes DFA'd

@KeeganMatheson
April 20, 2025

TORONTO -- The bullpen shuffle begins. The Blue Jays designated Jacob Barnes for assignment prior to Sunday’s finale against the Mariners, which wasn’t a surprise after he allowed a grand slam in the 12th inning the night before, but the second move wasn’t expected. Nick Sandlin hit the IL with

What's the plan after Scherzer (thumb) receives 2nd cortisone shot?

@KeeganMatheson
April 18, 2025

TORONTO -- Max Scherzer has a very important right thumb. If his thumb behaves and Scherzer bounces back into this Blue Jays rotation a few weeks from now, an already excellent rotation could be one of the best in baseball. If that thumb keeps barking, then this anxious conversation stretches

Blue Jays rally past O's, hope for more good news on Springer (wrist)

@paige_leckie
April 13, 2025

BALTIMORE -- The Blue Jays can breathe a big sigh of relief as they head back to Toronto, their nine-game, three-city road trip complete. What seemed like it may have been a devastating loss after George Springer exited early with a left wrist injury ended with a 7-6, 10-inning win

Springer (back spasms) exits after colliding with wall, no MRI for now

@KeeganMatheson
April 5, 2025

TORONTO -- George Springer left Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Mets in clear pain after slamming into the Citi Field wall in the eighth inning, a worrying moment after the veteran has been one of the Blue Jays’ best stories early this season. The good news, for now? Springer’s early

Scherzer heads to IL with right thumb injury

@KeeganMatheson
March 30, 2025

TORONTO -- Saturday in Toronto, there was such a sense of hope and excitement. Max Scherzer, the likely future Hall of Famer who looks like he still has something left in the tank, was making his Blue Jays debut. Three hours later, Scherzer was using phrases like “imminent danger” and

Scherzer's early exit, subsequent IL trip leave Blue Jays reeling

Veteran hurler: 'I could just tell that we were in imminent danger'
@KeeganMatheson
March 30, 2025

TORONTO -- In the bullpen before his Blue Jays debut, Max Scherzer felt that something wasn’t right. He gave manager John Schneider a heads-up before the game, asking that they work with him as he tried to pitch through this, but after three innings and 45 pitches, Scherzer’s debut came

Varsho to start '25 on IL, giving Blue Jays some roster flexibility

@KeeganMatheson
March 22, 2025

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Daulton Varsho was always the biggest variable in Blue Jays camp. Now that he’s officially starting 2025 on the IL, the other dominos can start to fall. Varsho will travel with the Blue Jays to Toronto to receive his Gold Glove Award on Opening Day, but after

Lingering thumb injury has Scherzer's status up in air 

@KeeganMatheson
March 17, 2025

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Max Scherzer's right thumb just became one of the most important things in Blue Jays camp. Scherzer has been dealing with soreness recently, and while he was able to face some Minor League hitters in a simulated game at the Blue Jays’ complex on Monday, the real

Scherzer (thumb) avoids serious injury, due to make mound return soon

@KeeganMatheson
March 13, 2025

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The Blue Jays can exhale. Max Scherzer’s right thumb soreness is nothing serious, an MRI has shown, and he should be back on the mound over the next day or two. Scherzer felt the soreness coming out of his start last weekend, so the Blue Jays were

Loperfido 'all right' despite neck discomfort after running into wall

@KeeganMatheson
February 25, 2025

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The Blue Jays had their first injury scare of the spring on Tuesday when Joey Loperfido left the club's 3-2 win over the Cardinals in the first inning with neck discomfort. Loperfido was tracking a fly ball from Victor Scott II back to the wall in center

Despite abrupt end to season, Wagner makes strong first impression

@KeeganMatheson
October 10, 2024

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Bichette's season officially over following fractured finger

@KeeganMatheson
September 19, 2024

ARLINGTON -- A long, frustrating season for Bo Bichette has come to a quick, disappointing end. Bichette has a fracture in his right middle finger, the Blue Jays announced prior to Thursday’s 4-0 win at Globe Life Field in which they shut out the Rangers, and the timing is cruel.

Varsho out for season, will undergo rotator cuff surgery

@KeeganMatheson
September 18, 2024

ARLINGTON -- For the past week, Daulton Varsho has been day to day with a nagging shoulder issue. That just took a turn. Varsho will undergo rotator cuff surgery soon to repair his right shoulder, Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Tuesday, which ends his 2024 season on a worrying

Blue Jays top prospect Tiedemann will undergo Tommy John surgery

@KeeganMatheson
July 27, 2024

TORONTO -- The bad news just keeps on coming. Ricky Tiedemann, the Blue Jays’ No. 1 prospect and a gifted young left-hander, will undergo full Tommy John surgery on Tuesday. Tiedemann has battled injuries all season, which is unfortunately nothing new for him. He first hit the IL in late