How Blue Jays can replace George Springer after injury news
This isn't good for Toronto.
How Blue Jays can replace George Springer after injury news originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Toronto Blue Jays got some bad injury news on Saturday.
George Springer left their game, and afterward, the update wasn't ideal. Springer has a fractured left big toe. George Springer has a fractured left big toe per Blue Jays — Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) April 11, 2026 That's not good, but the full-time DH has a number of choices to replace him.
MORE: Aaron Judge's case as the greatest right-handed hitter of all time Who can replace George Springer? Sportsnet's Ben Nicholson-Smith shared a list of seven names on X that could replace Springer: Eloy Jiménez Yohendrick Pinango Jonatan Clase Riley Tirotta Charles McAdoo RJ Schreck Josh Kasevich MORE: Yankees outfielder once battled ostrich in 11-plate spaghetti-eating contest Clase is the only one of those guys on the 40-man roster, but he's also currently injured. The Blue Jays do have an open spot on the 40-man roster, though, so they could add one of those other hitters.
Jimenez has the most big league experience. McAdoo is related to basketball Hall of Famer, Bob McAdoo. Kasevich had a strong Spring Training.