Blue Jays' Ponce Out, Estrada In

0:00On April 17th, Blue Jays pitcher Cody Ponds is sidelined after spraining his right knees, anterior cruciate ligament in his team debut. It's not a full tier, but surgery is still up in the air and he'll miss significant time regardless. Likely a few months at best. The team placed him on the 15-day injured list and recalled Lazaro Estrada to fill the gap. Ponds came over on a three-year, $30 million deal after dominating in career last year with a 1.89 ERA over 100, 82 thirds innings. He got hurt fielding a grounder in the third inning, got carted off, and now his big majorly comeback is on hold for most of the 20. 26 season. This hissed the Jays hard with their rotation already banged up. Trey S. of age, Shane Bieber and Jose Barrios all started on the injured list. They were rolling with Kevin Gossman, Dylan Seas, Eric Lauer, Ponds and Max Scherzer, but now they've got a hole to plug right away. For Sunday's start, Estrada looks like the guy,

1:01though manager John Schneider mentioned Adam Mako, CJ Van Eyck, and Chad Dallas as options too. Yesavage is closest to returning after a simulated game this week, with Bieber and Barrios not far behind. The Jays hope this is short-term while those arms heal up, but Ponce's absence could linger into next year, shaking up their free agent plans with. Guysman, Scherzer, Lauer, and Bieber all hitting the market soon. They'll need young guys to step up big. I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to M.O.B News today, AI-powered baseball coverage.