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Blue Jays' George Springer now has quad setback
George Springer's nightmarish start to his Blue Jays tenure appears to have gotten worse. Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Blue Jays' George Springer now has quad setback

Outfielder George Springer put pen to paper on a six-year contract worth $150 million to join the Toronto Blue Jays in January but hasn't yet made his regular-season debut after starting April on the injured list with a strained left oblique muscle.

Per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), Springer complained of tightness in his right quad while running the bases Tuesday and underwent an MRI ahead of Wednesday's series finale at the Texas Rangers. Manager Charlie Montoyo told reporters the club wouldn't have an informed idea about the nature of an injury until seeing the results of the scan. 

"Everybody's concerned because those injuries, you just never know where they are," Montoyo said. "It's tough because you've got to be careful, just like with the oblique. Because if you pull it worse, then you're really out for a long time. So that's the one thing about those injuries for anybody, that you have to be patient, be careful." 

The 2017 World Series Most Valuable Player hasn't played since March 21. 

Toronto lost to Texas on Wednesday and is 3-3 overall. 

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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