{"id":78879,"date":"2024-07-02T17:23:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T21:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=78879"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:23:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T21:23:18","slug":"blue-jays-utility-player-sidelined-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/02\/blue-jays-utility-player-sidelined-knee-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays Utility Player Sidelined With Knee Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/03\/24\/rizzo-yankees-injury-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">The injury woes<\/a> continue in MLB. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kineris01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isiah Kiner-Falefa<\/a> has been placed on the 10-day IL with a left knee sprain. Infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=jimene003leo&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leo Jimenez<\/a> has been recalled from Triple-A and will be available for this evening&#8217;s game against the Houston Astros. IKF was not in the lineup during Monday&#8217;s game, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schneda03.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davis Schneider<\/a> replaced him at second base.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ROSTER MOVES:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 INF Isiah Kiner-Falefa placed on 10-day IL (left knee sprain) <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 INF Leo Jimenez recalled from Triple-A and will be active for tonight\u2019s game <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LC0fa8P5ML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/LC0fa8P5ML<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJays\/status\/1808217891139211763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Utility Player From Blue Jays Goes On IL<\/h3>\n<h3>IKF Injury &amp; Triple-A Success<\/h3>\n<p>IKF has been a pleasant surprise for the Blue Jays this season. He had a successful month of June and, due to his success, was even moved up to the top of the lineup in yesterday&#8217;s game on Canada Day. He&#8217;s been one of the Blue Jays&#8217; most productive players, so it&#8217;s unfortunate that he will be out of the lineup now. With IKF out, this means that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/clemeer01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ernie Clement<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bargead01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Addison Barger<\/a> will be getting more playing time at third base. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=jimene003leo&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leo Jimenez<\/a> will be making his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/04\/dj-herz-mlb-debut-washington-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">MLB Debut<\/a> with the Blue Jays. Jimenez has recorded a .271 batting average in Triple-A Buffalo, seven home runs, 23 RBIs, and three stolen bases this season. The 23-year-old is from Panama and is getting an excellent opportunity to showcase his skills while IKF is recovering from his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/30\/corey-seager-evaluation-wrist-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">injury.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IKF has inevitably been one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/16\/most-underrated-rookies-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">underrated<\/a> offensive players this season since he is known for his defense. He had a 13-game hitting streak that was very impressive. The Blue Jays signed him in the offseason to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chapmma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Chapman<\/a> at third base. But IKF can play multiple positions and has moved around at infield positions this season. The Blue Jays lineup continues to be filled with Triple-A Buffalo players, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/horwisp01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Horwitz<\/a>, sporting a .310 batting average. Horwitz was called up following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/biggica01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cavan Biggio<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/29\/toronto-blue-jays-designate-tim-mayza\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">DFA this season<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/09\/04\/spencer-horwitz-joins-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Horwitz<\/a> also had a successful season with the Blue Jays last season. Jimenez has showcased substantial numbers in Triple-A, but fans hope for a speedy recovery for IKF.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: <em>Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The injury woes continue in MLB. Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been placed on the 10-day IL with a left knee sprain. Infielder Leo Jimenez has been recalled from Triple-A and will be available for this evening&#8217;s game against the Houston Astros. IKF was not in the lineup during Monday&#8217;s game, and Davis Schneider replaced him at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4831,"featured_media":78906,"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":[1071,35,7],"tags":[28344,28346,2513,4809,28345,4681,2658],"class_list":["post-78879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-news","category-bluejays","tag-addison-barger","tag-ernie-clement","tag-injured-list","tag-isiah-kiner-falefa","tag-spencer-horwitz","tag-triple-a","tag-utility-player"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78879","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=78879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}