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Blue Jays Place Danny Jansen On IL With Groin Strain

By Darragh McDonald | May 26, 2023 at 5:22pm CDT

The Blue Jays announced that catcher Danny Jansen has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 25, with a left groin strain. Fellow backstop Tyler Heineman has been recalled in a corresponding move.

Jansen, 28, has been splitting the catching duties with Alejandro Kirk fairly evenly so far this season, with Jansen getting 28 starts to Kirk’s 23. Jansen is capable of being a two-way contributor when healthy, as he hit .260/.339/.516 last year for a wRC+ of 140 while also putting up five Defensive Runs Saved. FanGraphs strangely ranked him as a negative pitch framer last season, though he’s been in the positive territory in every other season of his career.

He hasn’t quite matched that level of offense this year, currently hitting .207/.273/.413 for the season. Though that’s being dragged down by an ice-cold start to the year, as he’s hitting .250/.314/.510 from April 15 onwards for a wRC+ of 124. Unfortunately, he’ll now have to hit the shelf for a while, something that has become a common theme for him. With the shortened 2020 schedule and IL stints in each campaign since, he hasn’t topped 72 games played in an individual season since 2019. He departed Wednesday’s game with groin tightness and the club gave him a day to see how it progressed, but it’s evidently serious enough that they’ll give him at least another week to recuperate.

Presumably, that means the lion’s share of playing time will now fall to Kirk, who’s also not hitting up to last year’s standards. He hit .285/.372/.415 in 2022 for a wRC+ of 129 but is slashing just .248/.360/.333 this year for a wRC+ of 101. He and the Jays will hope that some extra reps will allow him to make up some of the difference between those two lines.

Backing him up will be Heineman, whom the Jays acquired from the Pirates at the end of April. He only played three games with the Pirates this year, having spent most of the season with the Triple-A clubs of the two organizations. He’s hit .260/.393/.400 between those two clubs for a wRC+ of 108. He has 246 major league plate appearances in his career, going back to 2019, with a batting line of .210/.276/.269 in those. He also accrued six Defensive Runs Saved and positive marks for his framing work.

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  1. mlb fan

    2 years ago

    The Blue Jays erred in trading away a catcher, Gabriel Moreno, who has more production than the two they kept, Kirk & Jansen, combined.

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    • Dustyslambchops23

      2 years ago

      You’re arguing marginal production differences after 2 months

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  2. sascoach2003

    2 years ago

    Would have rather seen Brantly get the trip. Lefty bat, but a veteran catcher who I feel would be a good, calming influence on some of the starters. Seemed to work well with them in spring training. I know it would have entailed a move to add him to the 40 man, however.

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    • Darthyen

      2 years ago

      maybe for those reason is why they want to keep him in AAA and chose Hieneman due to some familiarity with some of the Blue Jays staff from his time with them last year.

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  3. Joshy

    2 years ago

    Ouchy!

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  4. NoSaint

    2 years ago

    I guess we’re going to see a lot of Kirk behind the plate.

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    • NoSaint

      2 years ago

      I should have phrased that differently…

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      • DCartrow

        2 years ago

        Like a lot of Kirk calling for high cheese and sliders?

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        • NoSaint

          2 years ago

          @DCartrow
          Lol.. well played indeed

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  5. terrymesmer

    2 years ago

    Jansen is fourth on the the Jays with 26 RBI.

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  6. PhiladelphiaCollins

    2 years ago

    Didn’t Reese McGuire pull his groin once?

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    • NoSaint

      2 years ago

      @PhiladelphiaCollins
      From Tug McGraw to Tug McGuire?

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