The Toronto Blue Jays’ season has not gone as deliberate and they’re limping in direction of the commerce deadline with the growing chance of being sellers as they discover themselves firmly in final place within the AL East.
A latest roster transfer received’t make their comeback try any simpler, as one of many workforce’s finest gamers has simply hit the injured listing.
The Jays’ official X account introduced that star shortstop Bo Bichette is being positioned within the 10-day IL with a proper calf pressure after re-injuring it on Friday in his first sport again from a four-game absence because of the identical damage.
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That is the third time Bichette has injured his proper calf this season and the second time he has been positioned on the injured listing after lacking 9 video games in early June for a similar cause.
The damage has clearly impacted Bichette’s efficiency as he’s having the worst season of his younger profession with only a .223 common and 4 residence runs in 79 video games performed.
It’s beginning to seem like a misplaced season for not solely Bichette, however the Blue Jays basically as the trail out of the AL East’s basement is unclear.
Bichette performed in 159 video games in every of the 2021 and 2022 seasons whereas showing in 135 final 12 months, so that is the primary time he has needed to take care of a nagging damage like this.
He posted an OPS over .800 in every of his first 5 seasons within the league and is at a paltry .597 this 12 months.