{"id":144464,"date":"2025-08-14T07:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144464\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T07:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:08:13","slug":"chicago-cubs-miguel-amaya-sustains-a-leg-injury-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144464\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs’ Miguel Amaya sustains a leg injury in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 Miguel Amaya couldn\u2019t stop smiling as he stood in front of his locker in the visitors clubhouse on Tuesday at the Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n

Fresh off the 60-day injured list following an oblique injury<\/a> that sidelined him nearly three months, Amaya was thrilled to be around his Chicago Cubs teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels amazing to be back,\u201d a grinning Amaya said. \u201cThank God I\u2019m healthy and now (here) to help the boys. \u2026 It was a long process, and I was just day by day listening to my body and playing some games down there (in Arizona) and getting the necessary recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amaya returned to the lineup Wednesday<\/a> for the first time since May 24, but his night abruptly ended in the eighth inning of the Cubs\u2019 4-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n

In a gut-wrenching sequence, Amaya went down in a heap past first base after awkwardly hitting the front of the base as he beat out an infield single. Cubs trainers immediately came out of the dugout to look at his lower left leg.<\/p>\n

A morose Cubs dugout watched as a cart arrived to shuttle Amaya off the field. The 26-year-old catcher was in tears. Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. patted Amaya on the shoulder before the cart pulled away.<\/p>\n

Amaya suffered a sprained left ankle and will be headed back to the IL, manager Craig Counsell said after the game. X-rays were negative.<\/p>\n

Amaya hit his head on the ground on the fall and was asked precautionary questions per protocol on the field by Cubs trainers. He didn\u2019t immediately show concussion symptoms and will be reevaluated on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re hoping kind of it was just a collision or a scare, and that it just kind of scared him, but it was pretty clear after 20 seconds that he either sprained it or worse,\u201d Counsell said. \u201cYou knew something was pretty seriously wrong pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s bad luck, unfortunately, and we\u2019re going to miss him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reese McGuire entered as the pinch runner for Amaya, eventually scoring on Seiya Suzuki\u2019s RBI single to give the Cubs a three-run lead. The Cubs opted to carry three catchers on the big-league roster when Amaya came off the injured list on Tuesday to preserve their depth, as McGuire is out of minor-league options and playing well.<\/p>\n

Matt Shaw was on second base and immediately took off for third when Amaya hit a soft grounder to Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette. Shaw couldn\u2019t tell from his vantage point what happened, but could tell it was serious based on Amaya\u2019s reaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s busting his ass to try to beat out a ground ball,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cIt was really hard. We\u2019ve seen everything he\u2019s done to get back here to the year he\u2019s had up to the point where he hurt his oblique.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an unbelievable guy, someone we love having here, and he\u2019s a huge part of this team. So to see him go down, get carted off like that, was really hard. We feel for him a lot, and we\u2019re thinking of him and we\u2019re praying for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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