Blue Jays Another pitching injury from a potential disaster away

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As beaming as a Lopsidter three-game swey through the Tampa Bay Rays, which had to feel this weekend, the continuing impotence of Blue Jay's crime could have a company in the crisis.

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And that says something.

The lack of a punch punch would always be a problem for the JAYS, since the 13-0 defeat on Sunday on the George Steinbrenner Field would end to end a series in which the benign visitor were humiliated by a non-competitive 19-2 aggregate.

But with some shaky performance and important injuries – both fresh and running – it suddenly feels like the pitching staff in Toronto are entering its own troubled phase.

Over time, the Blue Jay's proud to keep their jugs healthy and manage workloads in order to avoid outdated excursions into the injured list. For a team traded with Runs, which was built with a management and proclaimed the focus on pitching and defense, it was important to avoid injuries to prominent weapons.

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After sent Yimi Garcia with shoulder problems on Saturday and a strong lack of depth on the 15-day list of injuries, the Jays suddenly have an increased concerns with a revised and possibly past group.

And yes, you could be a serious setback from a serious injury to the disaster.

The Garcia injury, which was already short-handed in the launch and in Bullpen, could significantly sustainable during a 25:27 team, which has a greatest loss of a fight against 500.

The problems are further exacerbated on days like Sunday in Tampa, where normally reliable starter Chris Bassitt had to go out without force the bullpen in the fifth inning.

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The Jays are by no means unique when it comes to losing jugs through injuries-it is a symptom for modern baseball and the emphasis on the speed and spins that resigns over MLB. But Toronto's employees hit important places and at every level of the organization.

There is starter Max Scherzer who signed a one-year, $ 15.5 million US contract to bring experiences, Savvy and this cyung winner into the rotation. Scherzer goes through his thumb injury, but is at best weeks away.

There is Alek Manoah, once the bright light of the rotation, which is recovered by Tommy John Operation and ideally looked at a return aggressively in early August.

Among the TJ victims there are Ricky Tiedemann and Brandon Barriera, who are also attributed to Florida in Florida, but not until 2026.

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At the beginning of this month, Jake Bloss, a respected view that is to be called, went under the knife to form a form of Tommy John, and further.

These types of diseases occur through normal wear, tears and bad luck, but more and more balancing use and proper calm and care can become a tight rope.

It is certainly not inappropriate to point out that an increased workload of Garcia's 34-year-old right arm has contributed to his latest illness. Garcia appeared in 21 of the JAYs appeared in a revised bullpen that runs some defects from the starting team – and an excessive amount of tight games due to a delayed crime. This is a major burden on a hard-over-thrown guy, which in 2024 ended two separate injured list stints.

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Garcia was not alone.

Last season, the Jays 230 men lost due to regular guests on the roster like Garcia, Chad Green (35 games), Yariel Rodriguez (44), Bowden Francis (34), Manoah (34), Jordan Romano (17) and Erik Swanson (17) spent all the time on the list of the injured list. And that does not include the injuries at the end of the season, which both Manoah and Romano cost another 107 games.

The loss of Garcia may have far -reaching effects on the severity of the shoulder disease. The Jays believed that it was serious enough to send him back to Toronto to be rated by the medical team staff, only then do they have a better idea of ​​a recovery plan and a timeline.

But with the fights by Jeff Hoffman recently and the absence of Garcias, the back end of the Bullpen – such a strength in the first month of the season – is suddenly in a position of vulnerability. Rodriguez and Brendon Little, both of whom were excellent, but are not proven in such a leverage.

No matter how long it is, the lack of a proven and effective reliever has an impact beyond the bullpen. With a rotation that only existed three reliable arms (in view of the fights of Francis and the lack of Scherzer), the already marginal pitching depth of the Toronto organization has further questioned.

Yes, there are some help on the horizon – both in the form of Scherzer and in Manoah. At best, they are weeks and months away, which makes the short -term feeling for a stressed and stubborn group of jugs even more threatening.

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