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Blue Jays Place Yimi Garcia On 15-Day Injured List

By Mark Polishuk | July 5, 2025 at 1:17pm CDT

The Blue Jays announced that right-hander Yimi Garcia has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to a left ankle sprain.  Right-hander Robinson Pina was called up from Triple-A to take Garcia’s spot on the active roster.

Garcia was only just activated from a prior IL stint on Wednesday, as the reliever had missed just under six weeks due to a shoulder impingement.  The righty’s brief return to Toronto’s roster consisted of one appearance and one inning of work that saw Garcia surrender a game-tying two-run homer to Aaron Judge, though Garcia was still the winning pitcher in the Jays’ 11-9 win over the Yankees.

That outing boosted Garcia’s ERA to 3.86 over 21 innings and 22 games.  Garcia has been missing a lot of bats (27.8% strikeout rate), but he has a 13.3% walk rate that would be far and away the highest of his 11 big league seasons.  While Garcia hasn’t necessarily been at his sharpest, he has still been a key high-leverage arm out of the Blue Jays’ bullpen, and he’ll now be out again until at least beyond the All-Star break.

The lack of depth at the back of Toronto’s rotation has led the team to lean hard on its bullpen, as the Jays rank eighth in baseball with 337 2/3 relief innings pitched.  The Blue Jays figured to be targeting starting and relief pitching at the deadline already, and their needs in the pen will be exacerbated if there’s now any question about Garcia’s availability in the rest of July.

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  1. bucsfan0004

    1 week ago

    Maybe he should’t have gone 34 pitches in the highest leverage of situations his first time out.

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    • bigdaddyt

      1 week ago

      Agreed but to be fair he was out with a shoulder injury and is now out with a ankle sprain

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    • Dustyslambchops23

      1 week ago

      Yah those high leverage situations are tough on the ankle

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      • NoSaint

        1 week ago

        @Dustyslambchops23

        *BOL… ankle leverage stat as a predictor of injury? I-I-I-I like it!

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        • bucsfan0004

          1 week ago

          To be fair when i posted, no specifics about the injury was given. But i’m sure Scherzer could connect the injuries if asked

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        • its_happening

          1 week ago

          To be fair you didn’t know the reason as to why Yimi threw 34 pitches and the situation of the club.

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        • bucsfan0004

          1 week ago

          The manager has too much faith in Yimi, thats why he was allowed to pitch to Judge, thats why he was left in after the HR was it was clear and obvious he didnt have his A-game.

          And blind faith is why he was left in to pitch to Schneeman when he was struggling when two other relievers were fresh and ready to come into the game months ago. Maybe its_happening, you dont know enough

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  2. Shooter38

    1 week ago

    They can’t wait they have to trade for a reliever now

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    • NoSaint

      1 week ago

      @Shooter38

      They need a starter more and they need him before now.

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      • bigdaddyt

        1 week ago

        No they need the reliever today. Right now they have 5 starters doing well just need to get another starter before max lands on the IL again

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        • NoSaint

          1 week ago

          @bigdaddyt

          If they get another starter they can move Lauer to the pen as the longman. That’s 2 or 3 relievers they can keep fresh. This rotation is an inquiry, Scherzer as you state, away from having Bowden Francis pitching every 5th day.

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      • its_happening

        1 week ago

        They need both NoSaint. No question a SP not named Sandy Alcantara, but they’ve needed a bullpen arm for a while. With this injury it might be two.

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        • NoSaint

          1 week ago

          @its_happening

          They need the starter more. Sportsnet is reporting that Scherzer’s thumb is swollen. As a precaution they will be giving him an extra days rest before his next start. Getting a reliever first won’t won’t fix 5 innings every tgh day.

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        • its_happening

          1 week ago

          Like I said, need both. No doubt Scherzer is trying to get to the break and reset the rotation. Hard to imagine he can finish out the season. Could see him take an IL stint in August and become the 2-3 inning man in September.

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  3. high_upside

    1 week ago

    Need two more decent relievers at least.

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    • cwsOverhaul

      1 week ago

      Toronto really has some close game magic going. Pleasant surprise.

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    • its_happening

      1 week ago

      Absolutely.

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  4. NoSaint

    1 week ago

    *sigh..

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    • THE_HOUSE_THAT_MOSEBY_BUILT

      1 week ago

      “…and the hits just keep coming.”

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