<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blue-jays-news-toronto-activates-matt-chapman-il-al-wild-card');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays get major Matt Chapman boost amid fierce AL Wild Card race');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Matt-Chapman-Julio-Rodriguez-Corey-Seager.jpg"></figure><h1>Blue Jays get major Matt Chapman boost amid fierce AL Wild Card race</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-14T13:27:23-07:00">September 14th, 1:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-14T13:27:23-07:00">September 14th, 1:27pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football, with an emphasis on MLB as a Lead Editor. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Blue Jays <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottyMitchTSN/status/1702408644845821974" rel="noopener">reportedly activated</a> 3B Matt Chapman from the injured list Thursday, Scott Mitchell of <i>SportsCentre</i> and <i>TSN </i>reports. Chapman had been dealing with a finger injury, an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-dealt-brutal-matt-chapman-injury-update-amid-al-wild-card-push" rel="noopener">ailment he suffered in late August</a>.</p><p>Chapman started out the 2023 season strong before slumping in August prior to the injury. Still, he features potential from an offensive standpoint and is one of the best defensive third baseman in baseball. His presence will significantly impact the Blue Jays down the stretch as they look to clinch an AL Wild Card spot.</p><h2><b>Blue Jays: Matt Chapman set for return</b></h2><p>Chapman, 30, is a three-time Gold Glove award winner who’s struggled to find consistency at the plate over the years. He made the All-Star team in 2019 with the Oakland Athletics and ended up hitting 36 home runs to go along with an .848 OPS. His production has decreased since the ’19 campaign though.</p><p>So far in 2023, Chapman is slashing .248/.338/.431 with a .769 OPS and 15 home runs. He isn’t a bad hitter by any means, and his defense still makes him extremely valuable. Still, the Blue Jays would love to see an uptick in offensive production from Chapman at some point.</p><p>The Blue Jays have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-players-react-to-being-booed-at-home-rangers" rel="noopener">endured some ups and downs</a> in recent action. Overall, Toronto is currently 11.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East division. Their only real chance of reaching the playoffs is to clinch an AL Wild Card spot. They are currently on the outside looking in as of this story’s publication, sitting one game back of the final wild card position.</p><p>That said, there is still plenty of baseball left to be played and Matt Chapman will try to help the Blue Jays secure a postseason berth.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays get major Matt Chapman boost amid fierce AL Wild Card race

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blue-jays-news-matt-chapman-injury-update-return-timeline-murky');   ga('set', 'title', 'Matt Chapman injury update still leaves his Blue Jays return timeline murky');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Matt-Chapman-injury-update-still-leaves-return-timeline-murky.jpg"></figure><h1>Matt Chapman injury update still leaves his Blue Jays return timeline murky</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-03T13:29:30-07:00">September 3rd, 1:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-03T13:29:30-07:00">September 3rd, 1:29pm</time><address><a>Jimmy Wright</a>Jimmy Wright is a writer from Brooklyn, New York, who worked as a researcher for the Elias Sports Bureau for over 10 years. He played rugby at Fordham University and sometimes wonders why his dad raised him as a Mets/Jets/Islanders/Knicks fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Blue Jays know that Matt Chapman is recovering from the hand injury he suffered in early August. As for when he’ll be back in the team’s lineup? That is less clear.</p><p>The middle finger on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-dealt-another-brutal-bo-bichette-injury-update-matt-chapman-goes-il" rel="noopener">Chapman’s right hand</a> has improved, with the swelling down considerably. But the third baseman is having a tough time making a fist. As a result, <a href="https://twitter.com/thehazelmae/status/1698409551014576457" rel="noopener">he is struggling</a> to throw a ball or swing a bat, per Sportsnet’s Hazel Mae.</p><p>The team is hopeful Chapman can resume his normal baseball activities when the team begins their three-game series on the road against the Oakland Athletics on Monday.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-dealt-brutal-matt-chapman-injury-update-amid-al-wild-card-push" rel="noopener">Chapman injured the middle finger</a> on his right hand on August 13 in a weight room accident. He took a few days off before trying to play through the injury. But he ultimately relented, and the Blue Jays placed him on the 10-day IL on August 28th due to a right middle finger sprain.</p><p>The injury was obviously affecting Chapman’s ability at the plate. August saw him post his lowest batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage of the season so far. In 76 at-bats that month, he managed just 15 hits, including three doubles and a single home run.</p><p>In truth, Chapman has struggled for much of the season. He got off to a torrid start in March and April, but has largely disappointed since. After hitting 27 homers in both the 2021 and 2022 season, he’s got just 15 this year.</p><p>But perhaps the time off will aid in the healing process and get Chapman back on track. It would be a huge boost for the Blue Jays if Chapman could finish the season strong, as the team currently sits just 1.5 games out of a wild card spot in the American League.</p><p>Chapman is also a free agent after the season, so getting back healthy and producing in September will only help his case when it comes time to sign a new contract.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Matt Chapman injury update still leaves his Blue Jays return timeline murky

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blue-jays-news-toronto-dealt-another-brutal-bo-bichette-injury-update-matt-chapman-goes-il');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays dealt another brutal Bo Bichette injury update after Matt Chapman goes on IL');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/blue-jays-news-toronto-dealt-another-brutal-bo-bichette-injury-update-after-matt-chapman-goes-on-il.jpg"></figure><h1>Blue Jays dealt another brutal Bo Bichette injury update after Matt Chapman goes on IL</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-29T12:44:50-07:00">August 29th, 12:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-29T12:44:50-07:00">August 29th, 12:44pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly <a href="https://twitter.com/KeeganMatheson/status/1696604000416563658" rel="noopener">placed</a> shortstop Bo Bichette on the 10-day injured list with a right quad strain, according to Keegan Matheson of MLB.com.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-bo-bichette-matt-chapman-leave-game-guardians-injury" rel="noopener">Blue Jays</a> have called up infielder Mason McCoy as a corresponding move, according to Matheson.</p><p>This has been a brutal two-day stretch of injury updates for the Blue Jays. The team recently found out that third baseman <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-dealt-brutal-matt-chapman-injury-update-amid-al-wild-card-push" rel="noopener">Matt Chapman</a> would be going on the injured list with a finger injury.</p><p>Both Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman have been on the injured list before in this season as well. The first time for Chapman was when he initially hurt his finger. Now, it is because he re-aggravated it during Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians. Bichette also left Sunday’s game against the Guardians with his injury. He went on the injured list shortly before the trade deadline due to right patellar tendinitis.</p><p>This is rough timing for the Blue Jays, as they need every win they can get to keep pace with the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers in the American League wild card race. Toronto is currently 2.5 games back of the Rangers and Astros for a playoff spot, and now the Blue Jays will be without both starters on the left side of the infield.</p><p>Both of Bichette and Chapman have been key parts of the Blue Jays this season. It will be a tough task to make a playoff spot with both of them out, and they will have to hope they can get one or both of them back in a short amount of time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays dealt another brutal Bo Bichette injury update after Matt Chapman goes on IL

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blue-jays-news-toronto-dealt-brutal-matt-chapman-injury-update-amid-al-wild-card-push');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays dealt brutal Matt Chapman injury update amid AL Wild Card push');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Matt-Chapman-Blue-Jays.jpg"></figure><h1>Blue Jays dealt brutal Matt Chapman injury update amid AL Wild Card push</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-28T12:32:17-07:00">August 28th, 12:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-28T12:32:49-07:00">August 28th, 12:32pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Blue Jays are slowly falling back in the AL Wild Card race and were handed a crushing blow on Sunday, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-bo-bichette-matt-chapman-leave-game-guardians-injury" rel="noopener">Matt Chapman leaving</a> early with a finger injury. Well, just a day later, the team has placed their third baseman on<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/08/blue-jays-matt-chapman-injured-list-finger.html" rel="noopener"> the 10-day IL</a>, per MLB Trade Rumors.</p><p>This is honestly a brutal situation for the Jays because Chapman is a massive part of this team and he already missed time earlier this month after hurting his finger while lifting weights. While Chapman has cooled off offensively in recent months, the 30-year-old is an important piece for Toronto as a leader in the clubhouse, too.</p><p>In 125 games in 2023, Chapman is hitting .248 with 15 home runs and 50 RBIs while slugging .431. The finger was reaggravated during an at-bat versus Cleveland. Hopefully, he’s only out for about 10 days, but it could be longer, too. The organization called up Ernie Clement from Triple-A to replace Chapman on the roster for the time being.</p><p>To make matters worse, Bo Bichette also left Sunday’s contest early due to quadriceps tightness. He’s listed as day-to-day and just recently returned from a knee sprain.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-john-schneider-drops-strong-nsfw-declaration-about-torontos-golden-opportunity" rel="noopener">The Blue Jays</a> are 2.5 games back of the last Wild Card spot and have gone just 4-6 in their last 10 outings. John Schneider’s squad is batting only .240 in the month of August and has dropped four of their last five. Things are looking very grim for Toronto and if Bichette ends up missing more time as well, this ball club is in serious trouble.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays dealt brutal Matt Chapman injury update amid AL Wild Card push

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blue-jays-news-bo-bichette-matt-chapman-leave-game-guardians-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette, Matt Chapman leave game vs. Guardians with worrying injuries');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Bo-Bichette-Matt-Chapman-leave-game-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette, Matt Chapman leave game vs. Guardians with worrying injuries</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-27T14:09:30-07:00">August 27th, 2:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-27T14:09:30-07:00">August 27th, 2:09pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the Toronto Blue Jays continue their hopeful trek to the postseason, they took on the Cleveland Guardians in a Sunday matchup. In the process, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-john-schneider-drops-strong-nsfw-declaration-about-torontos-golden-opportunity" rel="noopener">Blue Jays lost two</a> of their key offensive weapons.</p><p>Both Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1695887623246549352?s=20" rel="noopener">left the game</a> with injuries, the team announced. Chapman<a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1695881058275725480" rel="noopener"> is dealing with</a> right middle finger inflammation while Bichette has a case of right quad tightness.</p><p>Toronto has yet to give any further information on the severity of the injuries. However, on the suffering, neither look like major long-term issues. Still, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-kevin-gausman-calls-out-team-lack-of-urgency-loss-to-orioles" rel="noopener">Blue Jays will do everything</a> in their power to ensure both Bichette and Chapman are healthy for their stretch run.</p><p>Losing either would be a major blow not just Toronto’s offense but the entire Blue Jays organization. Chapman and Bichette are both key focal points and players the team are currently building around.</p><p>Bichette currently leads Toronto with a .316 batting average. He is Toronto’s only qualified hitter batting .300+. Bichette has also chipped in 18 home runs and 62 RBI, which both rank second on the team behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Chapman, while not as heralded as Bichette, is still fifth on the team in home runs and RBI with 15 and 50 respectively.</p><p>The Blue Jays were tied with the Guardians heading into extra innings before Cleveland scored four in the top of the 11th inning. But beyond a single win or loss, the health of Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman will reign supreme. The Blue Jays hope both will heal up quickly and get back to helping Toronto win as soon as possible.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.247	27	78	0.791	15

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.247	27	78	0.791	15

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