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Barger’s Back Injury Hits Blue Jays Hard | Toronto News
Toronto Blue Jays’ promising right fielder Addison Barger, just 26, faces another major setback with a back stress reaction—essentially a small fracture—after already battling elbow inflammation. Once a breakout star with 21 homers and 74 RBIs last season, Barger has barely played this year, appearing in just nine games before his latest injury. Now sidelined until late July, his absence deepens the Jays’ injury woes, as they’ve struggled to stay competitive, sitting six games under .500 and losing six of seven. With key players like Kazuma Okamoto and Nathan Lukes stepping up, the team’s…
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