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Terrible news as Toronto Blue Jays pitcher needs season ending surgery plus Bowden Francis has setback
The Toronto Blue Jays a few brutal update this afternoon as pitcher Ryan Burr has been officially shut down for the season while a terrible Bowden Francis update was also announced.
The Blue Jays bullpen has been unable to shake these injuries lately as they continue to have players go down and now with this update, they will be forced to go after multiple relief pitchers at the trade deadline.
Blue Jays announce Ryan Burr's season is over plus update on Bowden Francis
The Blue Jays announced a ton of injury updates this afternoon as pitcher Ryan Burr's season is officially over as the team announced that Burr needs season ending capsule surgery.
Ryan Burr slated to have season-ending shoulder capsule operation
The team also announced that Bowden Francis who has been recovering from a shoulder injury has been shut down from throwing for a little bit after feeling some discomfort in his shoulder recently.
Bowden Francis (shoulder) will be shut down from throwing for a bit after feeling discomfort as he built back up
This is a lot of bad news for the Blue Jays with Burr done for the season and Francis not returning to the mound anytime soon.
The Blue Jays will not have to rely on their depth players to come up big until they can find some replacements at the trade deadline.
Bottom line: these are some tough injury updates for Blue Jays. Jays' depth players have done a great job this year so challenge now is for that trend to continue.
Hopefully this is not too bad of a setback for them as they take on the San Francisco Giants tonight.
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