Update on Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya who suffered frightening injury versus the Toronto Blue Jays
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Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya had to be carted off the field during Wednesday's matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
He hurt his left ankle running to first base in the eighth inning.
Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya was carted off the field after injuring his leg stepping on first. This was his first game back from the 60-Day IL with an oblique injury.
After the game, manager Craig Counsell told reporters (including Maddie Lee of the Chicago Sun-Times) that Amaya's X-rays thankfully came back negative for a broken bone, but the backstop still sprained his ankle and will require a trip to the IL.
Per #Cubs Craig Counsell, Miguel Amaya has a left ankle sprain. X-rays were negative. He will go on the IL.
Former Blue Jays catcher Reese McGuire will now be the backup to Carson Kelly
While he has avoided the worst, this is nonetheless a tough blow for Amaya, who was playing in his first game back after suffering an oblique strain in May.
Chicago's decision to keep former Blue Jays catcher Reese McGuire on the roster after reinstating Amaya now seems almost eerily prescient.
The Cubs signed the veteran backup catcher to a minor league deal in the offseason and selected his contract when Amaya first went on the IL in May.
One might have expected they would designate McGuire for assignment went Amaya returned, but instead, it was utility man Jon Berti who lost his roster spot.
Now the Cubs can simply go back to the catching setup they had been using for the past few months, a setup that was working perfectly well.
Carson Kelly will remain the primary catcher with McGuire as his backup. Kelly has cooled down after a red-hot start, but he's still hitting perfectly well for his position, as is McGuire.
The two combined for a .723 OPS and 103 wRC+ during Amaya's first IL stint, and they've both played strong defense behind the plate as well.
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