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The Toronto Blue Jays placed left-handed reliever Tim Mayza on the 15-day injured list on Sunday with a dislocated right shoulder.
In a corresponding move, the Blue Jays recall right-handed Trent Thornton from Triple-A Buffalo, and he will return on Sunday when the Blue Jays visit his Minnesota Twins for his four-game series finale. becomes active.
Mayza was injured in his sixth inning of Saturday's game in Minneapolis, where he squeezed a safe at bat on his play Nick He was injured when he tried to tag Gordon.
Blue Jays interim manager John Schneider praised Meiza's toughness after his team fell 7-3. Speaking of which, he's shown resilience to recover from injuries before, so we're taking him down in one fell swoop," Schneider said of Mayza, who left the clubhouse with his arms crossed in a sling. "He was huge. Other players need to step up in his place for a little while."
Meiza, 30, said he has five in 41 relief appearances this season. I had 0 wins and 2.88 ERA.
He has his 14-5 record, one save, and 4.00 ERA in his 226 all-time relief appearances with the Blue Jays. He underwent Tommy John surgery late in the 2019 season and missed the entire 2020 season.
Thornton, 28, has appeared in 27 games for the Blue Jays this season and is 0-2 with a 4.26 ERA.
– Field Level Media
