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Santander

Santander took a couple games off earlier this week due to lower back discomfort. He’s technically in the mix for a postseason roster spot, if Toronto makes it that far, but he’s barely played over the last two years due to shoulder issues. He’s more of a complete Wild Card as opposed to a sure thing at this stage of his career.

It’s more of the same for Santander, who hasn’t played for Toronto since last September due to ongoing shoulder issues. The 31-year-old slugger’s five-year, $92.5 million contract that he signed prior to last year is looking more like an albatross than anyone could’ve anticipated. He couldn’t really afford a setback on his minor league rehab assignment with just over one week left in the regular season. He’s presumably done for the rest of the year after this latest development.

The forgotten man in Toronto, Santander has played just 54 games over the last two seasons combined due to shoulder issues. The 31-year-old slugger is unlikely to make much of a fantasy impact over the final few weeks of the season considering how much time he’s missed. He’ll need at least a handful of rehab games before he’s ready to return to the majors.

Santander probably won’t be worth a pickup even if he does make it back to the majors this year, but it’s good to see him taking some real steps towards returning after missing the entirety of the season to date.

Santander underwent labrum surgery in February. If he returns, it would likely be just for the final couple of weeks. Still, any sort of positive sign then would be something to take forward into 2027. Santander is currently in the second season of a five-year. $92.5 million contract.

Santander continues to deal with soreness and has yet to begin hitting. At this point, it’s starting to look doubtful that he makes it back to the Jays before the end of the regular season. Santander has been shelved since mid-March due to a left shoulder labral tear.

Schnieder believes Santander needs “a normal spring training almost” to get ready after a left shoulder labral tear that required surgery. He’s going to start swinging a bat in the next week or so. This is positive news and aligns with the lower end of the 5-6 month timeline the Blue Jays laid out once the surgery happened in late March.

The Jays needed to clear a couple of spots on their 40-man roster to add reinforcements to their bullpen on Sunday and moving Santander to the 60-day injured list was one way to accomplish that goal. We still haven’t received an official timeline from the Jays on when he may be able to return following surgery to repair a labral tear in his left shoulder, but he’ll miss the first couple of months of the season at a minimum.

Santander is facing a lengthy absence, likely five to six months, after undergoing surgery to repair a labral tear in his left shoulder. There should be a clearer timetable at some point this summer once he’s cleared to resume baseball activities. It seems like a long shot that he’ll have any fantasy relevance this season.

It’s labrum surgery. The Jays had indicated that Santander would be healthy this year after last year’s shoulder issues, but obviously things didn’t respond as hoped after he resumed baseball activities. This opens things back up with a Blue Jays lineup that had seemed set with Kazuma Okamoto essentially replacing Bo Bichette as the one real change from last year. As things stand now, they’ll probably go back to using a Nathan Lukes/Davis Schneider platoon in left field, though maybe Joey Loperfido could enter the mix. Santander would probably return around the All-Star break in a best-case scenario.