Latest Blue Jays injuries & transactions
This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Blue Jays injury news and transactions.
Ponce has ACL sprain; return this season not ruled out
TORONTO -- Blue Jays right-hander Cody Ponce is going to miss “significant time” with a right knee injury he sustained in Monday's 14-5 loss to the Rockies, another tough blow to a rotation that’s already dealing with too many injuries.
For now, the diagnosis is a sprained right ACL,
Ponce carted off field in first big league appearance since 2021
TORONTO -- Cody Ponce left his Blue Jays debut on a medical cart on Monday night at Rogers Centre, a difficult scene to end his first Major League appearance since 2021.
The Blue Jays soon announced an initial diagnosis of “right knee discomfort” for Ponce, who is getting an MRI, with
Fluharty bruised, not broken, after consecutive comebackers force his exit
TORONTO -- Lightning struck twice on Blue Jays reliever Mason Fluharty, who was hit by back-to-back comebackers on Saturday afternoon against the Athletics and was forced to leave the game.
Fluharty has been diagnosed with a right knee contusion, but the good news is that X-rays came back negative and Fluharty
Yesavage to open season on IL with shoulder impingement
DUNEDIN -- The hits just keep on coming to the Blue Jays’ rotation. Trey Yesavage, the breakout star of 2025 and an early favorite for the ‘26 AL Rookie of the Year Award, will begin the season on the IL.
Yesavage is dealing with a right shoulder impingement, manager John Schneider
Berríos has stress fracture in elbow, but expected to pitch through it
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The bad news is that José Berríos has a stress fracture in his right elbow. The good news? That might sound scarier than it actually is.
This diagnosis finally comes at the end of a frustrating process for Berríos, who only discovered there was inflammation in his elbow
Berríos (right elbow inflammation) to visit doctor
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- José Berríos will travel to meet with Dr. Keith Meister on Tuesday, the next step after recent MRIs showed a new type of inflammation in his right elbow.
This inflammation is different from what Berríos dealt with towards the end of the 2025 season,
Tiedemann shut down with elbow soreness; MRI comes back clean
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Just as Ricky Tiedemann was building some momentum again in Spring Training, he has been shut down for the next week with left elbow soreness.
The good news is that an initial MRI showed “nothing structural” in Tiedemann’s elbow, but the bad news is that we’re talking about
Bieber making progress, likely to throw off mound in 'next week to two weeks'
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The early days of camp brought the bad news that Shane Bieber would be “delayed” ramping up for the new season, but that process is beginning to move.
Bieber had been playing catch at 90 feet when camp opened, which you can call “step one” of
'It's not easy to deal with': Santander staring down long rehab after shoulder surgery
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Anthony Santander is back at the bottom of the mountain again, staring up. His left arm immobilized in a sling to keep his shoulder still, he’s just hoping to play baseball this season, but that feels far away right now.
That left shoulder injury was the anchor that
Santander (shoulder surgery) expected to miss much of '26 season
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Anthony Santander’s comeback season has already been grounded.
Santander will undergo left labral surgery on Wednesday with Dr. Keith Meister and is expected to miss five to six months, manager John Schneider announced, another brutal blow after injuries and poor performance wiped out the first year of his
Toronto's rotation depth to be tested with Bieber's spring delayed, Francis out until '27
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- You can never have enough starting pitching. Just over 12 hours before Blue Jays pitchers and catchers officially report for Spring Training, we can see why.
Shane Bieber's ramp-up will be delayed this spring, manager John Schneider announced on Tuesday, the result of some right forearm inflammation that’s
'He's ready to go': Springer returns, plays entirety of Game 6
TORONTO -- When George Springer walked off the field at Dodger Stadium in Game 3, grimacing and holding his right side, it looked like his season was over. Not so fast.
Springer was back in the lineup for Game 6 on Friday night in Toronto, where the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/dodgers-win-world-series-game-6-2025"
Springer sits again in Game 5, hopes for return in Toronto
LOS ANGELES -- George Springer tried and tried, but he’s not ready to return to the World Series just yet.
After leaving Game 3 of the World Series with “right oblique discomfort,” Springer was held out of the starting lineup for Game 4 against the Dodgers on Tuesday but tried to
Springer sits out Game 4 but remains on World Series roster
LOS ANGELES -- George Springer is out of the Blue Jays’ lineup… but he’s still on the roster.
After leaving the 6-5 loss in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night with right side discomfort, it looked like Springer’s incredible season may be over. There’s still hope, though, as
Springer exits with right side discomfort, sent for MRI
LOS ANGELES – The good vibes surrounding George Springer’s World Series return to Dodger Stadium – the venue that played host to his career-defining performance during the 2017 Fall Classic – painfully came to an abrupt end.
Springer reached for his right side and was in clear discomfort shortly
Bichette not in starting lineup for Game 2, enters as pinch-hitter
TORONTO -- When the Blue Jays added Bo Bichette to their World Series roster after he hadn’t played in over a month, they knew load management was going to be something they would have to deal with.
Limited in his return on Friday night as he went 1-for-2 with a walk
Bichette returns to lineup, plays 2B for first time in MLB career
TORONTO -- Every inning of Bo Bichette’s big league life had come at shortstop. Then, when Game 1 of the 2025 World Series began, he ran out to second base.
Back from a left knee sprain that cost him seven weeks, Bichette played second base for the first time
Bichette (knee) takes grounders at 2B; Schneider open to playing him there
Springer is officially in Blue Jays' Game 6 lineup
SEATTLE -- Did you really think George Springer would miss this game? No chance.
When John Schneider texted Springer on Sunday morning ahead of Game 6, Springer told his manager to stop asking. When Schneider approached Springer in the clubhouse after he arrived at Rogers Centre, Springer told him to beat
Springer (knee contusion) vying to get back in lineup for Game 6
TORONTO -- George Springer hasn’t put in five years with the Blue Jays, chasing another World Series, for his best shot to end like this.
Santander out for rest of postseason; Loperfido replaces him on roster
SEATTLE -- Anthony Santander’s season is over. Just more than an hour prior to first pitch in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, the Blue Jays announced that Santander had been removed from the roster with a injury. Manager John Schneider said the injury is related to the
Santander out for rest of postseason; Loperfido replaces him on roster
SEATTLE -- Anthony Santander’s season is over. Just more than an hour prior to first pitch in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, the Blue Jays announced that Santander had been removed from the roster with an injury.
Any injury removal also makes a player ineligible for the next
Back tightness forces Santander out of Blue Jays' Game 2 lineup
TORONTO -- Four hours prior to first pitch in Game 2 of the ALCS, Anthony Santander sat at the podium and spoke about the challenges that lie ahead, both for himself and the Blue Jays. An hour later, he’d been scratched from the lineup with lower back tightness.
X-rays, CT scan negative after Lukes sustains contusion after foul off knee
TORONTO – Three innings after taking a foul ball off his right knee in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, Blue Jays right fielder Nathan Lukes exited in the top of the fourth inning on Sunday night in Toronto's 3-1 loss. Lukes was back in the