TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Cody Ponce is expected to miss “significant time” because of a sprained ligament in his right knee, manager John Schneider said Tuesday.
The Blue Jays put Ponce on the 15-day injured list before Tuesday's game against Colorado and recalled righty Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo.
Toronto already has three other starting pitchers on the 15-day injured list. José Berríos and Shane Bieber both have sore elbows while Trey Yesavage is recovering from a sore shoulder.
Ponce signed a $30 million, three-year contract with the defending AL champion Blue Jays last December. He had to be carted off the field in the third inning of Monday’s 14-5 loss to Colorado, his first big league appearance since 2021, after he was injured trying to make a play on Jake McCarthy’s infield grounder.
Ponce took an awkward step after misplaying the ball, then grabbed at the back of his knee and took a few more steps before going down in pain. He was able to get to his feet but left on the cart, briefly covering his face with his cap.
Earlier in the at-bat against McCarthy, Ponce caught his foot on the mound and fell down while trying to throw a pitch.
Ponce struck out three and walked one in 2 1/3 innings before leaving the game, allowing one run and one hit. Thirty of his 47 pitches were strikes.
Ponce went 17-1 with a 1.89 ERA for the Hanwha Eagles in South Korea last season, winning the league’s MVP and the pitching triple crown.
Milwaukee's pick in the second round of the 2015 amateur draft, Ponce was dealt to Pittsburgh for right-hander Jordan Lyles ahead of the 2019 trade deadline. He went 1-7 with a 5.86 ERA over five starts and 15 relief appearances for the Pirates in 2020 and ’21, then pitched in Japan for the Pacific League’s Nippon Ham Fighters (2022-23) and the Rakuten Golden Eagles (2024).
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