<p>Well&#8230; this isn&#8217;t good:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Devon Travis has been placed on the DL with a right Knee Bone Bruise with Cartilage Injury;  He will undergo further testing.</p>
<p>&mdash; Blue Jays PR (@BlueJaysPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJaysPR/status/872221234443853824">June 6, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>No, I mean it <em>really</em> isn&#8217;t good:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It was a bone bruise in the knee that held Travis back so long in the spring, and a bone bruise that cost Michael Saunders his 2015 season …</p>
<p>&mdash; John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/872221869172301824">June 6, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">… So theTravis diagnosis sounds a bit ominous. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a></p>
<p>&mdash; John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/872222009035546629">June 6, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>That&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s not his hand &#8212; off which he took a hard pitch from Luis Severino of the Yankees over the weekend, and what you would have <em>expected</em> to be the culprit when you heard &#8220;Travis to the DL&#8221; &#8212; it&#8217;s his oft-troublesome knee.</p>
<p>Ughhhhhhh.</p>
<p>Dominic Leone has been recalled from Buffalo to take Devo&#8217;s place on the roster.</p>
<p>In a <a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-place-devon-travis-disabled-list/">Sportsnet</a> report that broke the news, Shi Davidi explains that, &#8220;on Monday, manager John Gibbons said Travis’s hand was still sore and that he was a couple of days away from trying to grip a bat.&#8221; So&#8230; uh&#8230; maybe they&#8217;re just taking the chance here to give him some downtime anyway, given that he was due to miss a few games regardless??</p>
<p>Travis&#8217;s knee was bothering him last week, and was the reason he was given the day off last Thursday against the Yankees. He continued to play on it through the weekend, starting on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Between then and now, with no game activity, did it take that much of a turn for the worse? Are the Jays perhaps just getting ahead of a potential controversy by not hiding that they&#8217;re sending him to get his knee looked at, even though he might have played through it if there wasn&#8217;t also a hand issue preventing him from gripping the bat?</p>
<p>Hopefully! But that&#8217;s a rather optimistic way to look at this. And if the Jays could spin it that way, I&#8217;d imagine they would. So, we don&#8217;t really have a choice but to take it at face value, and taken at face value, like John says, it&#8217;s not exactly great.</p>
<p>Hey, silver linings, though, eh?</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Time to sign Lawrie!</p>
<p>&mdash; Ben Tusim (@btusim) <a href="https://twitter.com/btusim/status/872226886230921218">June 6, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Yeesh.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p>
<p>Hey, remember that feeble attempt at optimism? Yeah&#8230; about that&#8230;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just saw Devon Travis in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jays?src=hash">#Jays</a> clubhouse. Clearly hobbling and favouring injured leg.</p>
<p>&mdash; Rob Longley (@longleysunsport) <a href="https://twitter.com/longleysunsport/status/872230597871099904">June 6, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="text-align: left">Goddamn it.</p>
<p style="text-align: left">Aaaaaand another &#8220;goddamn it&#8221;:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gibbons says it&#39;s same knee, different spot for Travis: &quot;I would think it would be a while.&quot; More tests to come. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Laura Armstrong (@lauraarmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872239793190588416">June 6, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>GODDAMN IT.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Travis in tears as he speaks to media here. Stumped how the injury happened, feeling like he&#39;s back where he was last year. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Laura Armstrong (@lauraarmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872244878725464064">June 7, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="text-align: left">Slightly less frustrating updates:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Travis did say doctors&#39; early prognosis is that this bone bruise is less severe than last years. Hopeful he won&#39;t be out too long. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Laura Armstrong (@lauraarmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872245541274492928">June 7, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Devon Travis couldn&#39;t identify when he reinjured knee. Felt fine boarding plane to Oakland, knee locked up when he tried to get off flight</p>
<p>&mdash; Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/872245650586456065">June 7, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Travis said pain is similar to issue from last year, though it&#39;s on the inside of his knee rather than outside. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Laura Armstrong (@lauraarmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872245190328696832">June 7, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Will go to NYC to see a specialist, same DR as last time. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a> <a href="https://t.co/vFvI1xEYAj">https://t.co/vFvI1xEYAj</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Laura Armstrong (@lauraarmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872245266367238144">June 7, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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Well... this isn't good:

https://twitter.com/BlueJaysPR/status/872221234443853824

No, I mean it <em>really</em> isn't good:

https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/872221869172301824

https://twitter.com/LottOnBaseball/status/872222009035546629

That's right, it's not his hand -- off which he took a hard pitch from Luis Severino of the Yankees over the weekend, and what you would have <em>expected</em> to be the culprit when you heard "Travis to the DL" -- it's his oft-troublesome knee.

Ughhhhhhh.

Dominic Leone has been recalled from Buffalo to take Devo's place on the roster.

In a <a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-place-devon-travis-disabled-list/">Sportsnet</a> report that broke the news, Shi Davidi explains that, "on Monday, manager John Gibbons said Travis’s hand was still sore and that he was a couple of days away from trying to grip a bat." So... uh... maybe they're just taking the chance here to give him some downtime anyway, given that he was due to miss a few games regardless??

Travis's knee was bothering him last week, and was the reason he was given the day off last Thursday against the Yankees. He continued to play on it through the weekend, starting on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Between then and now, with no game activity, did it take that much of a turn for the worse? Are the Jays perhaps just getting ahead of a potential controversy by not hiding that they're sending him to get his knee looked at, even though he might have played through it if there wasn't also a hand issue preventing him from gripping the bat?

Hopefully! But that's a rather optimistic way to look at this. And if the Jays could spin it that way, I'd imagine they would. So, we don't really have a choice but to take it at face value, and taken at face value, like John says, it's not exactly great.

Hey, silver linings, though, eh?

https://twitter.com/btusim/status/872226886230921218

Yeesh.

<strong>UPDATE:</strong>

Hey, remember that feeble attempt at optimism? Yeah... about that...

https://twitter.com/longleysunsport/status/872230597871099904
<p style="text-align: left">Goddamn it.</p>
<p style="text-align: left">Aaaaaand another "goddamn it":</p>
https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872239793190588416

GODDAMN IT.

https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872244878725464064
<p style="text-align: left">Slightly less frustrating updates:</p>
https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872245541274492928

https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/872245650586456065

https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872245190328696832

https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/872245266367238144
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