Toronto Blue Jays place catcher on IL and call up replacement
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The Toronto Blue Jays have placed backup catcher Tyler Heineman on the seven day injured list and called up Ali Sanchez to be his replacement.
Tyler Heineman is being placed on the 7-day IL for a concussion. He took a couple of balls off the mask against the Padres and reported symptoms yesterday. Ali Sánchez is up. - MLB.com's Keegan Matheson
Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk recently went down with a head injury after taking a bat to the head which kept him out for a few games but he has been back for over a week now and everything seems fine.
Blue Jays seem to have called up catcher Ali Sanchez from the minors
The Blue Jays take on the Rays for their final game of the series with hopes to finally get a win in Tampa but the big news this morning comes from the clubhouse as a new catcher was spotted.
According to reports, Ali Sanchez was spotted in the Blue Jays clubhouse but no one was certain exactly why he was there since the team had not announced a roster move yet.
Catcher Ali Sánchez is here in the #BlueJays' clubhouse today.
No lineup or roster moves announced yet, so we'll call it «taxi squad» for now.
No lineup or roster moves announced yet, so we'll call it «taxi squad» for now.
C Ali Sanchez is with the #BlueJays in Tampa Bay. Will find out why shortly
Fans were not seem to happy to see Sanchez in Tampa Bay since it meant that one of the Blue Jays catchers was almost certainly headed for the injured list.
Uh oh
I don't like the sound of that
It turns out that it is Tyler Heineman has gone down with an injury which is apparently a concussion and he has been placed on 7 day IL but it might be longer depending on the severity.
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