{"id":77074,"date":"2024-06-17T19:50:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T23:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=77074"},"modified":"2024-06-17T19:50:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T23:50:57","slug":"blue-jays-reliever-yimi-garcia-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/17\/blue-jays-reliever-yimi-garcia-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays Reliever Placed on 15-Day IL with Elbow Inflammation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays announced that reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garciyi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yimi Garc\u00eda<\/a> will be placed on the 15-day IL with right elbow ulnar neuritis. In a corresponding move, left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=eisert000bra&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Eisert<\/a> has been selected to the major league roster. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rodriya01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yariel Rodr\u00edguez<\/a> will also join Eisert on the big league roster on Monday. Due to thoracic spin inflammation, Rodr\u00edguez was placed on the IL back on April 30th.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ROSTER MOVES:<\/p>\n<p>? RHP Yimi Garc\u00eda (Right Elbow Ulnar Neuritis) placed on 15-day IL<\/p>\n<p>? LHP Brandon Eisert selected to Major League Roster and will be active tonight, wearing Number 60 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YYBUOvAyV5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YYBUOvAyV5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJays\/status\/1802823673646297398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Blue Jays Place Reliever Yimi Garc\u00eda on 15-Day IL<\/h2>\n<h3>Garc\u00eda&#8217;s Injury<\/h3>\n<p>Garc\u00eda&#8217;s MRI indicated ulnar nerve symptoms with no concern for any structural issues. Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/schnejo99.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Schneider<\/a> called the injury a &#8216;zinger.&#8217; So, while it is another player on the IL, the injury is not serious. This is somewhat of a relief for the Blue Jays. But Garc\u00eda has been one of the most consistent and best pitchers in the Toronto bullpen this season. He currently sports a 3-0 record with a 2.57 ERA and five saves. He is a key reliever who the Blue Jays relied on heavily last season, and he was productive. Hopefully, Garc\u00eda&#8217;s recovery will be speedy, and he has no setbacks. The Blue Jays will want him back as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h3>Garc\u00eda&#8217;s Impact on the Blue Jays<\/h3>\n<p>This injury is a bit of a hurdle for the Blue Jays in the short and long term. Garcia is significant to Toronto&#8217;s success. If the Blue Jays are going to push to get over .500 and contend for a wild card spot, they will need their best reliever. Missing him for the next (at least) two weeks won&#8217;t help that cause. Down the stretch, when September rolls around, there are going to be some close games, and the Blue Jays will need Garc\u00eda. Also, if the Blue Jays are going to be sellers this season with the trade deadline, he would be the most highly sought-after reliever on the team.<\/p>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s not the best news for the Blue Jays, and with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/romanjo03.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Romano<\/a> still injured, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=greench03,green-013cha&amp;search=Chad+Green&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chad Green<\/a> will take over as the closer. This means a short-handed bullpen for the Blue Jays. Injuries have piled up this season, not just for the Blue Jays but for many teams. Two Los Angeles Dodgers stars, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bettsmo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mookie Betts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/yamamyo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a>, went on the IL over the weekend. The Chicago Cubs are dealing with a myriad of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/17\/cubs-injuries-inconsistencies-mount\/\" target=\"_self\">injuries<\/a> as well. Every team goes through it at some point, and the Blue Jays will have to weather this storm to stay in the hunt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays announced that reliever Yimi Garc\u00eda will be placed on the 15-day IL with right elbow ulnar neuritis. In a corresponding move, left-hander Brandon Eisert has been selected to the major league roster. Yariel Rodr\u00edguez will also join Eisert on the big league roster on Monday. Due to thoracic spin inflammation, Rodr\u00edguez [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4831,"featured_media":77085,"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":[1621,1701,2513,92,250,28389,3494,6553],"class_list":["post-77074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejays","category-mlb","category-news","tag-bullpen","tag-chad-green","tag-injured-list","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mookie-betts","tag-yariel-rodriguez","tag-yimi-garcia","tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77074","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=77074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}