There's more bad news on the injury front for the Toronto Blue Jays, and this time it's serious enough that Trey Yesavage's season could be over.
John Schneider revealed before Thursday's makeup game against the Cubs that an MRI on Yesavage's left knee showed a meniscus injury.
Yesavage will visit a specialist Monday to determine next steps, and it isn't yet known whether he'll need surgery or can attempt to rehab the injury instead.
"Surgery is always a possibility when a player sees a specialist," Schneider said, per Shi Davidi. "We're obviously hoping to avoid that."
If a tear is confirmed, it would mark the end of Yesavage's 2026 season entirely.
The 23-year-old rookie got hurt during warmups before the third inning of Tuesday's 7-2 loss to Houston, leaving the game with a trainer before being sent for an MRI the next day.
Toronto had already placed him on the 15-day IL with left knee inflammation, recalling Chase Lee and Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo to fill the gap.
Why this injury complicates an already unsettled rotation
This news comes just hours after Schneider had announced plans for a six-man rotation across a 17-game stretch before Toronto's next off day on August 17th, a plan that's now been temporarily shelved.
It could return if Spencer Arrighetti, currently on a Triple-A rehab start Thursday, gets activated for his Blue Jays debut next week.
Toronto also claimed veteran right-hander Matt Waldron off waivers from San Diego on Wednesday, adding another layer of pitching depth right as this uncertainty unfolds.
If Yesavage needs season-ending surgery, he'd join Jose Berrios, Bowden Francis and Cody Ponce among Blue Jays pitchers already ruled out for the rest of 2026.
In his first full major league season, Yesavage has made 18 starts, posting a 3.65 ERA and a 4.08 FIP worth 1.3 fWAR across 93.2 innings, genuinely strong output for a rookie who opened the year on the IL himself with a shoulder impingement.
It's a bit like watching a promising rookie campaign get interrupted twice in one year, first by the shortest offseason of his career following last year's World Series run, and now by a knee injury threatening to end it altogether.
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