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Former Red Sox Outfielder Issues Comment On Blue Jays Cody Ponce's Scary Injury originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Cody Ponce in the offseason, but he suffered a scary injury in his first start of the season.
Any time a cart comes out onto the field in a baseball game, something serious is going on. Ponce injured his knee trying to field a ground ball in the third inning. He went down and ended up needing a cart to get off the field. He was the MVP in the Korea Baseball Organization last season and was a big part of the Blue Jays' rotation plans.
The official word from the Blue Jays was that he was removed from the game with knee discomfort. However, the injury and the situation as a whole looked more serious. He is awaiting results from an MRI to know what actually happened. Former Boston Red Sox outfielder and longtime Blue Jay Kevin Pillar took to social media to comment on the injury.
"Don’t want to speculate about Ponce but I’ve been in sports a long time I know what that looked like," wrote Pillar. "I’m really hoping the best for him and that it isn’t as serious as it looked. Waited a long time to be back in this position."
Pillar is likely referring to a major ligament tear for Ponce. Obviously, the hope is that he avoided major injury, but simply judging by the video, a major ligament tear is not out of the question. Ponce pitched in 20 big league games from 2020 to 2021. He then pitched in Japan for three seasons before signing in the KBO last season.
It's been a long road back to the big leagues for Ponce. He had a 1.89 ERA in 29 starts in Korea last season and was signed to be a key player in the Blue Jays' rotation. The Blue Jays are trying to repeat as American League champions, but will need to patch up the rotation to do so.
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