2026 has quickly become the season from hell for the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Blue Jays announced on Saturday that outfielder George Springer has suffered a fracture to his left big toe. Springer was injured when he fouled a ball off his foot in the third inning of Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Twins at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ont.
George Springer fouled a ball off his foot and was removed from the game with a left big toe fracture pic.twitter.com/czcIiyeVcB
— Huskies in the Pros (@HuskyPros) April 11, 2026
Springer now joins an extended laundry list of high-salary players on the Blue Jays who are currently injured. Jose Berrios (elbow), Shane Bieber (elbow), Anthony Santander (shoulder), Alejandro Kirk (shoulder), Yimi Garcia (elbow), and Cody Ponce (knee) are all already on the injured list.
With Springer now hurt as well, that will mark $93 million in 2026 salary that the Blue Jays have on IL. That does not even count the injuries to Addison Barger (ankle), Bowden Francis (elbow), and Trey Yesavage (shoulder), all of whom are pre-arbitration players.
Blue Jays roster is decimated by costly injuries.
— Bryan Mcwilliam (@bmcwilliamMLB) April 11, 2026
2026 salaries for injured Jays ($93M total).
$22.5M (Springer)
$18M (Berríos)
$16M (Bieber)
$16.5M (Santander)
$7.5M (Kirk)
$7.5M (García)
$5M (Ponce)
Barger, Francis, Yesavage all pre arb. https://t.co/SuVJ1KDS5A
Toronto have managed to tread water up to this point of the MLB season, sitting at 6-7 overall. But the bottom could quickly fall out on them with the sheer number of valuable players that they have injured.
For the reigning AL champion Blue Jays, pitching in particular might be their biggest Achilles heel at the moment. Max Scherzer also had an injury scare earlier this week, and the Toronto bullpen is not doing much to inspire confidence right now either.
