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Blue Jays’ George Springer exits Twins game after HBP leads to injury scare
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Life can be cruel sometimes. Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer took a pitch off the left big toe that he fractured in April and was forced to exit Saturday afternoon's game versus the Minnesota Twins . He was in obvious pain, which is the last thing this team needs as it tries to survive an avalanche of injuries.
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Springer missed two and a half weeks of action before returning for Wednesday's series finale against the Boston Red Sox . He hit safely in each of his last three games, finally clearing the Mendoza Line and looking more like the reliable lead-off man fans expect to see. A potential setback is unfortunately all too fitting in the early portion of this Blue Jays campaign.
Alejandro Kirk , Nathan Lukes , Jose Berrios , Addison Barger , Max Scherzer , Shane Bieber , Anthony Santander and Yimi Garcia are all on the injured list, and free-agent signing Cody Ponce could miss the remainder of the season after undergoing knee surgery in April. Toronto overcame plenty of adversity last year, but that might not have happened without an impactful and relatively healthy George Springer .
The 2017 World Series MVP and four-time All-Star batted .309 with 32 home runs, a .399 on-base percentage, .560 slugging percentage and .959 OPS. Following two seasons of lackluster play, Springer returned to the upper echelon in his age-35 campaign. Regression is expected, but he needs to at least be productive and available if this club is going to contend for another American League pennant.
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Blue Jays fans will hope for some good news following the Twins game.
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