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Hyun Jin Ryu left today’s game because of a minor right glute strain, the team announced. Toronto took the contest 1-0 from the Rays, but a potential Ryu injury looms larger for the Jays’ future. Their ace threw 3 2/3 scoreless before his departure today allowing three hits, one walk, zero runs, while striking out five. After the game, Ryu appeared confident that he would be ready to make his next start, per Gregor Chisholm of the Toronto Star (via Twitter).
Before today’s game, Ryu had done his part with a 3.00 ERA/3.22 FIP in four starts covering 24 innings. His 48.6 groundball rate is down a touch from his norm, but within range for a small sample. His strikeouts were down just a little as well to a 21.9 percent strikeout rate, while he had been particularly stingy with free passes (2.1 percent walk rate).
Bad defense costs Jays, lose to Royals
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Blue Jays 5 Royals 7
Bad defense and not the greatest of starts from Anthony Kay (though if plays were made behind him, it would have looked much better) put us in a huge hole. The offense tried to fight back.
Cavan Biggio and Lourdes Gurriel had a rough night with the glove. I’ve thought Cavan had been fine at third, tonight he wasn’t. He had some balls go through him. Two errors, and one more than he should have been able to field. Both errors were on balls hit hard, but then that’s what you get at third base.
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The injury bug has not been kind to the Toronto Blue Jays so far this season. Their newly minted centre fielder George Springer is sidelined with an oblique strain and a quad strain, Nate Pearson is rehabbing, Kirby Yates is done for the year, and Thomas Hatch is dealing with elbow inflammation.
But most bizarre of all is the injury involving starting pitcher Robbie Ray, who hurt himself falling down the stairs while carrying his child. Ray’s son is okay foremost, but the Blue Jays pitcher is currently on the injured list with a bruised elbow.