{"id":703562,"date":"2026-05-20T01:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/703562\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T01:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:06:14","slug":"blue-jays-place-pitcher-on-il-ahead-of-yankees-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/703562\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays place pitcher on IL ahead of Yankees game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> are in the midst of a four-game series against their AL East foe New York Yankees<\/a>. But now, they’ll have to compete without a key relief pitcher.<\/p>\n

Toronto has placed<\/a> left-handed pitcher Joe Mantiply on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation, the team announced. In turn, the team has recalled right-hander Chase Lee from Triple-A.<\/p>\n

There hasn’t yet been a timeline for Mantiply to return to the bullpen. But the Blue Jays will be closely monitoring the left-hander over his time on the IL. Depending on how the relief pitcher’s knee injury heals, the franchise will then determine their next course of action.<\/p>\n

Mantiply is in his first year the Blue Jays, appearing in 17 games thus far. The lefty has made a strong first impression, pitching to a 2.04 ERA and a 16\/4 K\/BB ratio. It has been a major comeback, after Mantiply posted a 15.83 ERA over 10 innings in his final year with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2024. Over his 273 total games in his nine major league seasons, the one-time All-Star has recorded a 4.35 ERA and a 210\/65 K\/BB ratio.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays’ bullpen at large has struggled a bit as of late<\/a>, ranking 17th in the league with their 4.13 ERA. Their .249 batting average against ranks 23rd while their 22 home runs allowed are tied for 10th-most in the league. To Toronto’s credit, their 211 strikeouts are the most of any bullpen in the league.<\/p>\n

Things will be more difficult with Mantiply on the shelf. The Blue Jays will hope Lee can be an ample replacement in the meantime and that the left-hander isn’t forced to be out long-term.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Blue Jays are in the midst of a four-game series against their AL East foe New York Yankees. But now, they’ll have to compete without a key relief pitcher. Toronto has placed left-handed pitcher Joe Mantiply on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation, the team announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Blue Jays are in the midst of a four-game series against their AL East foe New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[5,377,2554,4,3410,282,70,2553],"class_list":["post-703562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto-blue-jays","tag-baseball","tag-blue-jays","tag-bluejays","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-injury","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-torontobluejays"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116604225750333843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}