Feb. 20: Macko underwent arthroscopic knee surgical procedure this morning, supervisor John Schneider introduced to the Jays’ beat (by way of Shi Davidi of SportsNet). The crew shouldn’t be but placing forth a proper timetable on his anticipated restoration.
Feb. 17: Blue Jays pitching prospect Adam Macko is probably going headed for surgical procedure to restore a meniscus tear in his left knee, supervisor John Schneider informed reporters (together with Hazel Mae). The 24-year-old southpaw got here out of a current bullpen session with knee discomfort.
Macko has been on Toronto’s 40-man roster for the previous 12 months. The Jays acquired the previous seventh-round decide from the Mariners within the Teoscar Hernández commerce. Toronto chosen his contract final offseason in order to not lose him within the Rule 5 draft. He spent many of the ’24 season at Double-A New Hampshire. Macko posted a 4.87 ERA throughout 87 1/3 innings. His 26.4% strikeout fee and tolerable 8.8% stroll proportion have been extra spectacular than the run prevention mark.
The Jays promoted Macko to Triple-A on the finish of final season. He solely pitched three innings there and is probably going headed again to start this season. He must be within the combine for a serious league name midseason, although this might set his promotion timetable again. A meniscus restore is unlikely to price him the entire 12 months however would definitely name for a season-opening injured record stint.
Toronto might finally place Macko on the 60-day injured record in the event that they wish to open a spot on the 40-man roster. Doing so would begin his service clock and require paying him a prorated $760K main league minimal wage for nonetheless lengthy he was on the IL.
