Blue Jays' manager John Schneider has unfortunate update on Yimi Garcia

He won't return this year but is expected to be ready for next year's spring training. He'll be transferred to the 60-day injured list whenever the Jays need a roster spot.

It's the second straight season marred by elbow issues for Garcia. He hit the IL in June of last year for right elbow ulnar neuritis.

He was reinstated from the IL in July, just in time for the Jays to trade him to the Mariners for outfielder Jonatan Clase and catcher Jacob Sharp.

A few weeks after that trade, right elbow inflammation put Garcia back on the shelf and he finished the season there.

He hit free agency and the Jays brought him back via a two-year, $15MM deal. A shoulder impingement put him on the IL in May.

He was reinstated in early July but went back on the IL a few days later due to a left ankle sprain.

While on the IL, his experienced a recurrence of ulnar nerve symptoms in his elbow. This surgery now wipes out any hope of him returning to the club.

Despite the injury problems, the results have still been decent, to varying degrees.

Last year, he tossed 39 innings with a 3.46 earned run average, 32% strikeout rate and 7.8% walk rate. This year, in 21 innings, his strikeout and walk rates regressed to 27.8% and 13.3% respectively.

However, he also increased his ground ball rate from 27.3% to 41.2%, leading to a 3.86 ERA.

The Jays presumably knew they weren't likely to get Garcia back for the stretch run.

Ahead of the deadline, they added Seranthony Dominguez and Louis Varland to bolster their bullpen for the stretch run.

The right-hander last pitched July 2, hitting the IL with right elbow ulnar nerve symptoms shortly after returning from a right shoulder impingement.

Garcia visited Dr. Keith Meister, an orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon with expertise on Tommy John surgery, for another opinion on his elbow.