{"id":701659,"date":"2026-05-29T13:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701659\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:58:08","slug":"joe-mantiply-to-undergo-knee-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701659\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Mantiply To Undergo Knee Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Jays southpaw\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mantijo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joe Mantiply<\/a> will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his injured left knee, manager John Schneider told reporters Thursday (relayed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArdenZwelling\/status\/2060095516067651873?\" rel=\"nofollow\">Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet<\/a>). The veteran reliever went on the injured list a couple weeks ago with what was initially diagnosed as inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>It seems there\u2019s some damage beyond inflammation that requires a scope to correct. (The Blue Jays didn\u2019t provide specifics on Mantiply\u2019s injury, but arthroscopic knee procedures frequently involve a meniscus or patellar tendon repair.) Schneider didn\u2019t give a return timeline but said the Jays don\u2019t believe it\u2019ll be a season-ending procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Mantiply finished last season in Triple-A in the Toronto system. He returned on a minor league deal midway through Spring Training. The Jays selected him onto the MLB roster a couple weeks into the regular season. Mantiply pitched well before the injury, working to a 2.04 ERA across 17 2\/3 innings. He fanned 16 of 71 opponents (22.5%) while issuing only four walks.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old southpaw sits in the 88-89 mph range with his sinker. His arsenal is geared more towards weak contact than whiffs \u2014 this year\u2019s league average strikeout rate notwithstanding \u2014 and he has mostly pitched in low-leverage spots. His loss is nevertheless a hit to an area in which the Jays were already lacking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/littlbr02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brendon Little<\/a>, their projected top left-handed bullpen arm, had a horrible start to the season and has been in Triple-A since early April. He\u2019s missing bats in the minors but walking too many hitters.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fluhama01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mason Fluharty<\/a> and rookie\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mackoad01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Adam Macko<\/a> are the two lefties in the MLB bullpen.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=tiedem000tar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ricky Tiedemann<\/a> is on the 40-man roster but hasn\u2019t pitched since 2024 due to elbow issues. Although Macko has been sharp over his first six MLB appearances, this figures to be a clear target for the Jays if they\u2019re in position to add at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Mantiply is one of 10 pitchers on Toronto\u2019s injured list. Depending on his recovery timeline, he could move to the 60-day IL when they need to open another 40-man roster spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blue Jays southpaw\u00a0Joe Mantiply will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his injured left knee, manager John Schneider told reporters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,203496,82],"class_list":["post-701659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-joe-mantiply","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701659","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=701659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}