{"id":101459,"date":"2025-06-02T18:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=101459"},"modified":"2025-06-03T18:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T22:18:59","slug":"amid-varsho-injury-blue-jays-make-noteworthy-roster-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/02\/amid-varsho-injury-blue-jays-make-noteworthy-roster-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Varsho Injury, Blue Jays Make Noteworthy Roster Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/29\/blue-jays-daulton-varsho-returns-injury-red-sox\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Daulton Varsho<\/a> landing on the 10-day injured list, the Blue Jays have made roster changes that involve calling up Davis Schneider. In addition, Erik Swanson will make his debut and return from the IL. Toronto also optioned Easton Lucas back to the minors. Lucas was called up temporarily following the Blue Jays designating <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/09\/blue-jays-jose-urena-spot-start-vs-mariners-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jos\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a<\/a> for assignment, and he pitched effectively out of the pen to earn a win in Saturday&#8217;s victory against the Athletics.<\/p>\n<p>A utility player, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/03\/19\/blue-jays-roster-spot-competitions-heating-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Schneider<\/a> was optioned to the minors on April 17th, as his numbers in the big leagues weren&#8217;t sufficient to keep him at the big league level. But he has improved numbers at Triple-A since then (four home runs, 18 RBI, three stolen bases, and .741 OPS) and is looking to provide the Blue Jays with a power boost.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ROSTER MOVES:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 UTIL Davis Schneider recalled from Triple-A and will be active today<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 OF Daulton Varsho (left hamstring strain) placed on the 10-day IL<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 RHP Erik Swanson reinstated from 60-day IL and will be active today<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 LHP Easton Lucas optioned to Triple-A <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gfkA9UWgOz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gfkA9UWgOz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJays\/status\/1929188725444993165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Blue Jays Roster Changes Come to Life Amid Daulton Varsho Injury<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101536\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-101536\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26340989_168400885_lowres-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26340989_168400885_lowres-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26340989_168400885_lowres-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26340989_168400885_lowres-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26340989_168400885_lowres-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26340989_168400885_lowres.jpg 1967w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blue Jays were forced to shuffle their roster in the wake of Daulton Varsho&#8217;s injury. (Photo Credit: \u00a9 Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Supplemental Outfield Situation<\/h3>\n<p>At the start of this season, Schneider talked about how he wanted to capitalize on his power this season. The 26-year-old first made his mark with the Blue Jays in 2023 in his rookie season, having a hot start that fans won&#8217;t soon forget. He slashed .276\/.404\/.606 with eight home runs across 35 games. The late call-up in August of that season was highly recognized considering his age and the surge he provided. At one point, h<span data-huuid=\"961836157961243356\">e went 9-for-13 along with smashing two home runs across three games. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-huuid=\"961836157961243356\">He is worthy of getting a call-up with Varsho landing on the shelf with a grade-one hamstring strain. While his landing on the IL stings for Blue Jays fans, the injury isn&#8217;t severe. It also helps that the Blue Jays have plenty of outfield options. In addition, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/24\/blue-jays-bottom-order-of-lineup\/\" target=\"_self\">bottom order of the lineup<\/a> has been vastly productive. They have gotten major offensive contributions from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/12\/blue-jays-addison-barger-demonstrating-offensive-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Addison Barger<\/a>, Nathan Lukes, Myles Straw, and Jonatan Clase. They have all worked hard to make adjustments and showcase their strengths both offensively and defensively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Daulton Varsho landing on the 10-day injured list, the Blue Jays have made roster changes that involve calling up Davis Schneider. In addition, Erik Swanson will make his debut and return from the IL. Toronto also optioned Easton Lucas back to the minors. Lucas was called up temporarily following the Blue Jays designating Jos\u00e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4831,"featured_media":101469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1071,35],"tags":[3315,28347,5047,28717,5032,28718],"class_list":["post-101459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejays","category-mlb","category-news","tag-daulton-varsho","tag-davis-schneider","tag-erik-swanson","tag-jonatan-clase","tag-myles-straw","tag-nathan-lukes"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101459"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101537,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101459\/revisions\/101537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}