Oh god damn it.
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Devon Travis had a procedure yesterday in New York to &quot;clean up&quot; the cartridge in his knee. Will be out &quot;a while&quot;. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a>
&mdash; Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeeganMatheson/status/874721940707176449">June 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
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This should, of course, read &quot;cartilage&quot;. Very disrespectful of auto-correct to assume that Travis is a colour printer. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a> <a href="https://t.co/EGuT13ak1y">https://t.co/EGuT13ak1y</a>
&mdash; Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeeganMatheson/status/874728238228144130">June 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Not yet clear exactly how long Travis will be sidelined. Barney &amp; Goins will continue covering 2B in the meantime.&mdash; Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/874723145671946241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
Goins and Barney rolling out there every day. Fun times!
Ughhhhhh. Though, as I&#8217;ve said the few times The Leblebijian Question has arisen, I really do think the Jays like Barney and Goins. Like as &#8220;professionals,&#8221; as &#8220;clubhouse guys,&#8221; and as guys who might give you the odd timely hit or quality (if unproductive) at-bat. It&#8217;s just&#8230; we haven&#8217;t seen a whole lot of those lately.
And the Jays also would be faced with the prospect of losing one of them &#8212; key pieces of middle infield depth for an organization that employs <del>porcelain fucking dolls</del> unfortunately oft-injured guys as starters &#8212; should they choose to give the untested Leblebijian a shot. (Goins is out of options, Barney can refuse an assignment.)
Er&#8230; that is, ultimately they&#8217;d be forced to make a hard decision on one of those two guys. Probably. First they&#8217;d ditch Chris Coghlan or one of their relievers, I&#8217;m sure. But then when Steve Pearce comes back, would they really have it in them to go to a seven-man bullpen, with less flexibility to bring fresh arms up and down from Buffalo as needed?
Shit, maybe they would. Seven relievers does seem kinda like plenty. And so maybe Jason Grilli isn&#8217;t long for this club (he hasn&#8217;t pitched since the four home run game ten days ago!), and Pearce and Leblebijian both come up at some point this week (John Gibbons also reiterated to reporters today that he expects Pearce back by at least the weekend &#8212; and his rehab assignment has now made its way to Buffalo).
But I guess I also get the sense that if they were going to do a thing like giving Leblebijian a shot, they&#8217;d have probably done it already. Perhaps a few more games of Goins and Barney killing rallies at the bottom of the order will change their minds! Then again, Pearce at second probably won&#8217;t kill you, either. Maybe? For a few innings?
Anyway, Devon Travis! This whole ordeal fucking sucks pretty hard right here. Not sure what else to say about that, except that I hope he gets well soon, and that he&#8217;s one of these guys who looks injury-prone, but actually just had an unfortunate string of bad injury luck even though his body is perfectly OK to hold up to the rigors of big league baseball. Fingers crossed! Because, Jesus: Travis has been on the roster since Opening Day 2015 &#8212; so for the last 387 games the Blue Jays have played. He&#8217;s suited up for just 213 of them. And he won&#8217;t suit up for them again for the foreseeable future.
Ugh.
Hey, better injury news at least:
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Gibby: Sanchez will play long-toss today, up on a mound in the next couple days. Will go with team to Texas, then rehab. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bluejays?src=hash">#Bluejays</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jays?src=hash">#Jays</a>
&mdash; Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness590) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/status/874722740384788481">June 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
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So&#8230; there&#8217;s that.
HEY, AND A MILDLY ENCOURAGING TRAVIS UPDATE, I GUESS:
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Devon Travis underwent debridement on his knee to clean up frayed cartilage. There was much less damage than in injury last fall. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a>
&mdash; Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/874742329332125697">June 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">What that means for recovery is unclear. Travis said last week bone bruise also less severe. Took him about five months to return last time.&mdash; Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/874742667258867712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
So&#8230; there&#8217;s also that.

Oh god damn it.

https://twitter.com/KeeganMatheson/status/874721940707176449

https://twitter.com/KeeganMatheson/status/874728238228144130

[tweet https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/874723145671946241 hide_thread='true']

Goins and Barney rolling out there every day. Fun times!

Ughhhhhh. Though, as I've said the few times The Leblebijian Question has arisen, I really do think the Jays like Barney and Goins. Like as "professionals," as "clubhouse guys," and as guys who might give you the odd timely hit or quality (if unproductive) at-bat. It's just... we haven't seen a whole lot of those lately.

And the Jays also would be faced with the prospect of losing one of them -- key pieces of middle infield depth for an organization that employs <del>porcelain fucking dolls</del> unfortunately oft-injured guys as starters -- should they choose to give the untested Leblebijian a shot. (Goins is out of options, Barney can refuse an assignment.)

Er... that is, ultimately they'd be forced to make a hard decision on one of those two guys. Probably. First they'd ditch Chris Coghlan or one of their relievers, I'm sure. But then when Steve Pearce comes back, would they really have it in them to go to a seven-man bullpen, with less flexibility to bring fresh arms up and down from Buffalo as needed?

Shit, maybe they would. Seven relievers does seem kinda like plenty. And so maybe Jason Grilli isn't long for this club (he hasn't pitched since the four home run game ten days ago!), and Pearce and Leblebijian both come up at some point this week (John Gibbons also reiterated to reporters today that he expects Pearce back by at least the weekend -- and his rehab assignment has now made its way to Buffalo).

But I guess I also get the sense that if they were going to do a thing like giving Leblebijian a shot, they'd have probably done it already. Perhaps a few more games of Goins and Barney killing rallies at the bottom of the order will change their minds! Then again, Pearce at second probably won't kill you, either. Maybe? For a few innings?

Anyway, Devon Travis! This whole ordeal fucking sucks pretty hard right here. Not sure what else to say about that, except that I hope he gets well soon, and that he's one of these guys who looks injury-prone, but actually just had an unfortunate string of bad injury luck even though his body is perfectly OK to hold up to the rigors of big league baseball. Fingers crossed! Because, Jesus: Travis has been on the roster since Opening Day 2015 -- so for the last 387 games the Blue Jays have played. He's suited up for just 213 of them. And he won't suit up for them again for the foreseeable future.

Ugh.

Hey, better injury news at least:

https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/status/874722740384788481

So... there's that.

HEY, AND A MILDLY ENCOURAGING TRAVIS UPDATE, I GUESS:

https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/874742329332125697

[tweet https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/874742667258867712 hide_thread='true']

So... there's also that.

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