{"id":662973,"date":"2026-05-11T20:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/662973\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:33:09","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-put-addison-barger-elbow-back-on-injured-list-dfa-eric-lauer-in-flurry-of-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/662973\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays put Addison Barger (elbow) back on injured list, DFA Eric Lauer in flurry of moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> were hit with another injury Monday as outfielder Addison Barger<\/a> is back on the injured list, this time with right elbow inflammation.<\/p>\n

The move is retroactive to May 10.<\/p>\n

Barger was a late scratch from the lineup Sunday for Toronto\u2019s season-finale against the Los Angeles Angels<\/a>. The team did not say how he sustained the injury, however, Barger did make a long throw from right field to home plate during the second inning of Saturday\u2019s game to cut down Jorge Soler<\/a> and end the inning. Barger\u2019s throw was measured at 101.2 mph, which was the Blue Jays\u2019 fastest assist during the Statcast era.<\/p>\n

After the game, MLB.com\u2019s Keegan Matheson reported Barger spoke to reporters wearing an ice pack on his right elbow.<\/p>\n

Outfielder Yohendrick Pinango<\/a> has re-joined the team from Triple-A Buffalo in place of Barger and will be active for Monday\u2019s series-opener against the Rays.<\/p>\n

Barger was making his return to the big club after being out for more than one month with a left ankle injury sustained in a game against the Chicago White Sox<\/a> on April 5. Pinango played 10 games with the Jays during Barger\u2019s absence, slashing .423\/.444\/.462 with four RBI. He was sent down Saturday when Barger was activated.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Barger is hitting just .045 in nine games this season, but did draw two walks in Saturday\u2019s game in addition to his highlight-reel throw from right field.<\/p>\n

Blue Jays DFA Lauer<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, left-hander Eric Lauer<\/a> was designated for assignment after his rough outing on Sunday where he allowed six earned runs in a loss to the Angels.<\/p>\n

The outing brought Lauer\u2019s ERA to 6.69 for the season in eight games, well above his 3.18 ERA from last season. <\/p>\n

Right-hander Yariel Rodriguez<\/a> is back with the team and is active for Monday\u2019s opener against the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>. He was originally outrighted off the Jays\u2019 40-player roster this past winter and has played 11 games for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons this season, pitching to a 2.63 ERA. He had a 3.08 ERA in 66 games last year but struggled across four postseason outings.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays (18-22) enter play Monday third in the American League East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Blue Jays were hit with another injury Monday as outfielder Addison Barger is back on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[224538,712,49,48,75165,3302,75156,75163,244944],"class_list":["post-662973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-addison-barger-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-1118908","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-eric-lauer-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-738156","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-blue-jays-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-238","tag-yariel-rodriguez-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-1157892","tag-yohendrick-pinango-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-1284636"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}