The Toronto Blue Jays have had some brutal injury luck to start the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
How bad has it been? So much so, that their current injured list carries a higher payroll than two other MLB teams.<\/p>\n
With 11 players currently on Toronto’s injured list, the combined salary sits at $107 million, which is more than the total payroll of the Miami Marlins and Cleveland Guardians, respectively.<\/p>\n
The Marlins have the lowest payroll in MLB at $84 million, while Cleveland is the only other team below the nine-digit mark at $98 million.<\/p>\n
Good morning to everyone who said \u2018I\u2019m not getting emotionally invested this year – or at least not this early\u2019 and then immediately got emotionally invested.
The Blue Jays currently have the fourth-most players on the IL in the league, trailing only the Arizona Diamondbacks (12), Baltimore Orioles (12), and Houston Astros (13).<\/p>\n Nearly 65 per cent of the Blue Jays\u2019 injured payroll is tied up in just four players: George Springer (toe), Jose Berrios (elbow), Shane Bieber (elbow), and Alejandro Kirk (thumb).<\/p>\n Springer was removed from Saturday\u2019s loss against the Minnesota Twins after he fouled a ball off his left toe.\u00a0 X-rays\u00a0later showed Springer had fractured his toe, and was shortly\u00a0placed on the 10-day IL.<\/p>\n George Springer has gone for a CT scan on his left big toe after the initial X-rays showed a fracture. #BlueJays<\/a> should have a better feel for whether an IL stint is needed (or how long) after that.<\/p>\n
\nThis table shows the sum of the salaries of players currently on the #BlueJays<\/a> IL relative to the total 2026 payroll of\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/cQqLvA8aFJ<\/a><\/p>\n
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