Toronto Blue Jays share bad-news injury update on Trey Yesavage

The Toronto Blue Jays have to be wondering what they've done wrong to be as cursed as they are this season.

Seemingly nothing has gone right in 2026 for the Blue Jays, who sit dead last in the AL East with a 57-63 record. While several players have had down years, a large part of their struggles has been due to the fact that injuries have piled up for them all season long. 

The bad luck continued on Tuesday, as the Jays announced that Trey Yesavage, who was injured in a start versus the Houston Astros on Aug. 4, has undergone meniscus surgery. 

News: Trey Yesavage had surgery to repair his left meniscus.

The #BlueJays are not ruling him out for the year, and will evaluate him over the next few weeks. It will obviously depend on how competitive they are down the stretch, too.

— Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) August 11, 2026

Blue Jays reporter Keegan Matheson says that the team has not ruled Yesavage out for the season.

That seems highly optimistic given that the Jays' regular season ends on Sept. 27, though they are still in the playoff hunt, sitting 3.5 games back of a wild-card spot.

What makes this injury all the more frustrating is the fact that Yesavage wasn't injured during game play, but ahead of the third inning while throwing a warmup pitch. 

Though there have been some bumps in the road, the 23-year-old's first full season in the bigs has been solid overall. Through 93.2 innings (18 starts) Yesavage has posted a 3.65 ERA along with a 5-5 record. His first start of the 2026 campaign didn't come until the end of April due to a right shoulder impingement. 

This news comes just shortly after the Blue Jays announced that they were placing James Taillon on the 15-day IL with forearm tendinitis. The recent acquisition was forced to exit Monday's game versus the Boston Red Sox after just four innings due to the injury.

In order for either to return and make impactful starts, the Blue Jays are going to have to start putting wins together in bunches, as Fangraphs is currently giving them just an 8.3 per cent chance to make the playoffs.