This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Blue Jays injury news and transactions.
LATEST INJURIES
RHP Max Scherzer
Injury: Right thumb inflammation
IL date: March 30 (15-day IL)
Expected return: May at the earliest
Status: Threw 27 pitches off a mound at Yankee Stadium on April 25; Toronto will evaluate how his thumb bounces back from that step. (updated April 25) More >>
CF Daulton Varsho
Injury: Right rotator cuff surgery
IL date: March 27 (10-day IL, retroactive to March 24)
Expected return: Late April
Status: Will DH in a Triple-A game on April 25, with a decision pending on whether he'll return this weekend in New York or on April 29 in Toronto. (updated April 25) More >>
RHP Erik Swanson
Injury: Median nerve entrapment
IL date: March 27 (15-day IL, retroactive to March 24)
Expected return: Potentially early May
Status: Threw 16 pitches in an extended spring training game on April 25, with a formal rehab assignment possibly the next step. (updated April 25)
RHP Ryan Burr
Injury: Right shoulder inflammation
IL date: March 27 (15-day IL, retroactive to March 24)
Expected return: Potentially early-to-mid May
Status: Threw a bullpen session April 22 in Dunedin, Fla., and is close to facing hitters in live BP. (updated April 22)
RHP Nick Sandlin
Injury: Right lat strain
IL date: April 20 (15-day IL)
Expected return: Potentially mid-May
Status: Sandlin had be working through this issue, but the Blue Jays wanted to get out ahead of it, so he'll shut down from throwing for a few days. (updated April 20)
RHP Alek Manoah
Injury: Right UCL surgery
Expected return: Midseason 2025
Status: Manoah threw off the mound again on March 22, marking the second time since his elbow surgery. (updated March 22)
LHP Ricky Tiedemann
Injury: Tommy John surgery (left elbow)
Expected return: Potentially late 2025
Status: Has physical gifts few prospects do, but he has battled injuries, and this recovery is his biggest challenge yet. If he gets back into game action by the end of the 2025 season, that's a success. (updated Feb. 13)
LATEST TRANSACTIONS
April 21
? LHP Josh Walker recalled from Triple-A Buffalo
? LHP Easton Lucas optioned to Triple-A Buffalo
April 20
? RHP Nick Sandlin (right lat strain) placed on 15-day IL
? RHP Jacob Barnes designated for assignment
? RHP Dillon Tate, RHP Paxton Schultz selected to MLB roster
April 18
? OF Nathan Lukes reinstated from paternity list