George Springer is not in the Toronto Blue Jays‘ starting lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Washington Nationals as he continues to recover from a quad strain.
The biggest free-agent acquisition in franchise history has yet to play this campaign due to the quad strain and an oblique issue picked up in spring training.
On Sunday, after Springer spent the weekend playing games at the club’s alternate site, manager Charlie Montoyo said he was optimistic the 31-year-old would be healthy enough to play Tuesday. However, Springer was not in the starting lineup the team announced on social media just before 4 p.m. ET.
According to Sportsnet’s Ben Wagner, Springer went for a run at TD Ballpark on Tuesday morning and it was determined that his quad was not yet feeling 100 per cent.
[radioclip id=5119878]The Blue Jays host the Nationals again on Wednesday, are off on Thursday and then open a three-game series at home against the Atlanta Braves on Friday.
Toronto gets its two-game series against Max Scherzer and the Nationals underway on Sportsnet beginning at 7:07 p.m. ET/ 4:07 p.m. PT.
