Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Seemingly Avoids Disaster After Injury Scare
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The Blue Jays lost the 2025 World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers by the spike of a cleat, depending on who you ask, and bad injury luck to start the 2026 MLB season has dumped a bucket of salt into that wound.
According to Spotrac, the Blue Jays have had the second-most players placed on the injured list in the first two months of this season. Ironically, they’re second to the Dodgers.
The worst thing that could happen would be for five-time All-Star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to hit the injury list, and he came dangerously close in the Blue Jays’ 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in Toronto on Sunday.
ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA – MAY 04: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #27 of the Toronto Blue Jays reacts after hitting an RBI single in the third inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on May 04, 2026 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)In the bottom of the fifth inning, Guerrero Jr. was hit by a pitch in the elbow. He immediately took himself out of the game and walked directly into the clubhouse.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went directly to the dugout and left the game after being hit by a pitch. pic.twitter.com/jPWw5jGiTX
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 24, 2026
Guerrero Jr.’s injury scare came after Toronto starting pitcher Dylan Cease exited the game in the top of the fifth inning with “mild left hamstring discomfort,” per MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson.
It sounds like Guerrero Jr. will avoid the injured list, but the jury is still out on Cease.
Matheson reported postgame that Blue Jays manager John Schneider confirmed Guerrero Jr. had been hit “in a weird spot,” leaving his elbow numb at the time, but his initial X-ray was negative. Schneider also left the door open for Guerrero Jr. to play against the Miami Marlins on Monday night.
As for Cease, the 30-year-old right-hander will get an MRI to assess the extent of his hamstring injury but “wants to make his next start,” per Schneider. The Blue Jays’ starting rotation is already without Shane Bieber and Max Scherzer.
Cease is 3-3 with a 3.05 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, and 92 strikeouts in 11 starts. Guerrero Jr. is hitting .287/.386/.372 with three home runs, 22 RBI, and 28 walks through 188 at-bats in 53 games for the 25-28 Blue Jays.
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