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Blue Jays Place Tim Mayza On IL With Dislocated Right Shoulder

By Mark Polishuk | August 7, 2022 at 11:40am CDT

Aug. 7: The Blue Jays announced Mayza’s placement on the 15-day IL, with righty Trent Thornton recalled to take his place on the active roster.

Aug 6: The Blue Jays announced that reliever Tim Mayza dislocated his right shoulder during a play in tonight’s 7-3 loss to the Twins.  In the sixth inning, Sandy Leon bunted in front of the mound and Mayza grabbed at the ball to try and tag Nick Gordon, who was running from third base.  Mayza missed the ball and Gordon slid into his outstretched arm, leaving Mayza in obvious pain before he was naturally removed from the game.

Mayza will certainly be placed on the 15-day injured list, and now the only question is just how long the left-hander could be out of action.  Though the injury was to his non-throwing shoulder, the severity of the dislocation could potentially put the rest of Mayza’s season in jeopardy.

Heading into tonight’s game, Mayza had a 2.41 ERA/3.01 SIERA over 33 2/3 innings, missing a month of action due to inflammation in his left forearm.  With only a 20.9% strikeout rate, Mayza was relying on grounders (a strong 58.2% groundball rate) and soft contact to get results.  While a .277 wOBA that sat well below his .322 xwOBA indicated that Mayza was getting some good fortune, it marked the southpaw’s second consecutive year of quality results since returning from the Tommy John surgery that wiped out his 2020 season.

The Jays added Zach Pop, Anthony Bass, and Mitch White to their pitching mix at the deadline, and yet all of those hurlers are right-handed.  That left Mayza as the only left-hander in the Toronto bullpen, though the Blue Jays have done respectably well against left-handed batters this season despite the overload of righty relievers.  The Jays relief corps has a cumulative 3.44 ERA (10th-best in baseball) against lefty swingers, as closer Jordan Romano, David Phelps, and particularly Yimi Garcia are all doing very well against the opposite side of the plate.

Still, operating without any lefties at all isn’t ideal for any bullpen, and Mayza’s absence reveals a lack of proven southpaw depth on the organizational depth chart.  Tayler Saucedo is on the 60-day IL and has been rehabbing at Triple-A Buffalo since mid-June, plus Matt Gage, Anthony Kay, and Foster Griffin are also at Triple-A and on the 40-man roster.

Left-hander Ricky Tiedemann is Toronto’s top minor league pitcher and has shot up prospect rankings in his first pro season.  However, Tiedemann was only just promoted to Double-A, so moving him up to the majors this early in his development (he turns 20 later in August) would perhaps be too risky a move, even for a Jays team in win-now mode.

Looking at the big league roster, Yusei Kikuchi could get some consideration for a bullpen role, assuming Ross Stripling returns from his current IL stint in around the minimum 15 days.  If Stripling is healthy and White (currently taking Stripling’s rotation spot) is pitching capably, the Jays could look to shift Kikuchi to relief pitching.  A move to the pen could both help the lack of left-handed pitchers, and also help Kikuchi get on track during what has been a difficult first season in Toronto.

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  1. mikevm3

    3 years ago

    I didn’t know that Aaron Gordon went the Danny Ainge route and became a two-sporter

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  2. Metsfan9

    3 years ago

    Lol the reason Holland hasn’t pitched in AAA is because he was released a few weeks ago

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    • AMATO

      3 years ago

      Who?

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      • Metsfan9

        3 years ago

        The article mistakenly said Derek Holland was an option to call up from AAA as a replacement. They fixed their mistake though

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  3. machurucuto

    3 years ago

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  4. farscott

    3 years ago

    Too bad about Tim Mayza. That injury looked horrible.

    I watched Ricky Tiedemann pitch multiple games this season — at Low A Dunedin. He needs more development before he can pitch at the MLB level. I figured he would get an invite to spring training next year and be called up in the middle or end of that season, not this season.

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  5. smuzqwpdmx

    3 years ago

    Matt Gage has been great. Shouldn’t be any discussion about anyone else replacing Mayza.

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    • Ted

      3 years ago

      Absolutely. 1.38 ERA in Toronto and in AAA this year. He should have been here anyway.

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  6. BuJoBi

    3 years ago

    Only lefty we got…..who needs depth right shatkins? Were using Phelps in the 8th all weekend also. End of the season will be fun to watch

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  7. bigdaddyt

    3 years ago

    That looked so darn painful. Was nice that the jays broadcast could replay every shot of the play imaginable for at least 15 minutes straight after it.

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