Blue Jays pitcher Cody Ponce carted off after knee injury early vs. Rockies in first MLB start since 2021
Cody Ponce reached a three-year deal with the Blue Jays this past offseason after a dominant run in South Korea.
Cody Ponce was carted off the field on Monday night after his right leg buckled awkwardly. (Mark Blinch/Getty Images) Mark Blinch via Getty Images Cody Ponce had to be carted off the field on Monday in Toronto, spoiling what was his first Major League Baseball appearance since 2021. Ponce tried to field a short ground ball off the mound in the third inning of the Blue Jays’ matchup with the Colorado Rockies at Rogers Centre on Monday night.
But as Ponce started to field the ball, which was hit by Rockies outfielder Jake McCarthy, he suddenly pulled up and started hopping, clearly in a lot of pain. Ponce’s right leg buckled awkwardly as he was trying to pick up the ball, and he eventually fell down deep in the infield dirt as McCarthy made it to first safely. Kyle Karros scored for the Rockies during the sequence, too, putting them up 1-0 at the time.
Cody Ponce had to be carted off in his Blue Jays debut after collapsing trying to field a ground ball pic. twitter. com/FO0YUfYlZz — Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 30, 2026 Ponce remained down for quite some time while the team’s medical staff tended to him.
He was eventually carted off, and did not return. Specifics of his injury are not yet known. The Blue Jays said that he was removed from the game with "right knee discomfort.