{"id":859817,"date":"2026-08-16T05:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/859817\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T05:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:12:09","slug":"blue-jays-place-vladimir-guerrero-jr-on-concussion-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/859817\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays place Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on concussion injured list"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI got to the point to where I was kind of diagnosing myself after foul balls,\u201d the now-manager of the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> said Saturday. \u201cI would look at the scoreboard, and if it was blurry, I would just walk off the field, and if I was good, I’d just be like, all right, I’m good. It’s a little different. But I’ve been through the wringer of concussion protocol and the impact tests that everyone does. I’d probably fail one right now, to be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those experiences are why he has what he calls a \u201csoft spot\u201d for players who suffer blows to the head, like the one Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a> took in the sixth inning of Friday night\u2019s 3-1 win over the New York Yankees. A pair of defensive miscues led to Guerrero sliding into third base as shortstop George Lombard Jr. scrambled to cover the bag, an errant throw pulling the rookie into the slugger\u2019s path, knee and thigh clipping him in the head.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Guerrero quickly got up and scampered home, grimacing after he crossed the plate and soon after leaving the dugout with what Schneider said was a headache. That\u2019s one of the red-flag symptoms in the SCAT5 sport concussion assessment tool Major League Baseball uses as part of its concussion protocol, and led to Guerrero\u2019s placement on the seven-day concussion injured list Saturday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first stint on an injured list for Guerrero since a 2018 knee injury when he was in double-A and Saturday was the 10th\u00a0game he\u2019s missed this season, after missing only 18 games total from 2020 through 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe symptoms that were there and then listening to the doctors and everything that goes into all the protocol, they checked enough boxes for an IL stint,\u201d Schneider said Saturday after a 4-1 win over the Yankees. \u201cHe was going through the testing, he felt a little bit, I don’t want to say worse, but felt a bit worse than he did (Friday), which is to be expected after you go home and sleep. Hopefully it’s a minimal stay. He’s frustrated he’s not out there, but you’ve got to be careful with this.\u201d<\/p>\n

To cover the absence, the Blue Jays selected outfielder Daz Cameron to the roster, designating Lazaro Estrada<\/a> for assignment to clear space on the 40-man roster. And as worrisome as any head injury is, everyone was also cognizant that it could have easily been worse, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cVlad’s lucky he’s as sturdy as he is because he got squared up pretty good,\u201d said Schneider. \u201cIt was knee and thigh that hit him. If it was more knee, we’re talking like, holy (crap). But he still got him pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guerrero must now follow a set of MLB-mandated steps before he returns, which include completion of a Return to Play form and supporting information for approval by the league\u2019s medical director. All players undergo baseline cognitive testing that Guerrero\u2019s status will be checked against.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In his absence, the Blue Jays plan to use a combination of Charles McAdoo and Kazuma Okamoto at first base, with Cameron, signed to a minor-league deal in July, giving the Blue Jays another right-handed bat to use for matchups. The Yankees start Ryan Weathers on Sunday, and fellow lefty Ian Seymour is a possibility for the Tampa Bay Rays next week, depending on if Shane McClanahan is reinserted into their rotation Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cCould have went a couple of different ways, but you want to call a guy up when he’s doing well, too,\u201d Schneider said of the 29-year-old batting .368\/.455\/.586 in 25 games with triple-A Buffalo. \u201cMainly the left-handed component.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI got to the point to where I was kind of diagnosing myself after foul balls,\u201d the now-manager…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-859817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859817","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=859817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}