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Blue Jays utility player Addison Barger has been put on the 10-day injured list, the team announced Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Barger looked sore after charging to first base during the third inning<\/a> of a Sunday game against the Chicago White Sox. He later left the game with what the team described<\/a> as bilateral ankle discomfort.<\/p>\n Barger, 26, has had a slow start to the season, going just 1 for 19 at the plate so far<\/a>. He’s also drawn three walks, driven in two runs and scored one run.<\/p>\n Barger is the Blue Jay who famously hit a grand slam in Game 1 of last year’s World Series<\/a>, the day after sleeping on the pull-out couch of teammate Davis Schneider. The team is handing out a related T-shirt, commemorating the moment with a related Addison Barger couch T-shirt giveaway at an upcoming April 11 game<\/a> at Toronto’s Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n The Blue Jays announced several other roster moves on Tuesday, including bringing the recently acquired infielder Tyler Fitzgerald<\/a> up to the major-league ball club from Toronto’s AAA affiliate in Buffalo.<\/p>\n Toronto also designated pitcher Josh Fleming for assignment, while calling up lefthanded pitcher Patrick Corbin, a major-league veteran of more than 10 seasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Jays also recently optioned 29-year-old relief pitcher Brendon Little<\/a> to triple-A Buffalo after he struggled to start the season, giving up 10 earned runs in just three and two-third innings pitched, along with three walks and 10 hits. <\/p>\n Multiple Toronto players injured<\/p>\n The Blue Jays are dealing with a raft of injuries early in the season, with Barger joining the list of key players who are out of the mix for the moment.<\/p>\n Starting catcher Alejandro Kirk had to undergo surgery<\/a> to repair a thumb fracture that occurred during the same series<\/a> with the White Sox where Barger was hurt. Kirk is expected to be away from the diamond for weeks while he recovers.<\/p>\n Multiple starting pitchers are not playing right now due to injury, including Cody Ponce, who was hurt in his first start of the year for Toronto. <\/p>\n Three other starters \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Berr\u00edos, Shane Bieber and Trey Yesavage \u2014 haven’t pitched for the Blue Jays yet this season, but all are expected to be back.<\/p>\n Outfielder Anthony Santander is likely out for most of the season while he recovers from shoulder surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n WATCH | The Dodgers return to Toronto: Blue Jays host Dodgers in World Series rematch<\/p>\n The Los Angeles Dodgers return to Toronto’s Rogers Centre on Monday night to play a three-game series against the Blue Jays. CBC’s Greg Ross breaks down the rivalry and what you can expect from this week’s games. <\/p>\n The Blue Jays are in the midst of a five-game losing streak ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. <\/p>\n Toronto lost the opener of a three-game series with the Dodgers on Monday night, by a lopsided score<\/a> of 14-2.<\/p>\n Fleming, the pitcher designated for assignment on Tuesday, threw three innings of relief for Toronto during Monday night’s blowout loss to L.A. <\/p>\n He gave up six hits, two walks and had four earned runs during that appearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fleming entered the game to relieve starter Max Scherzer, who left after two innings of work.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775601489_882_default.jpg\")
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