Luis Perez joins long list of Blue Jays walking wounded

The Blue Jays announced on Monday evening that lefthander Luis Perez has been diagnosed with a torn Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) in his left elbow and will be lost for the season. Perez, 27, will seek a second opinion before any procedure is performed, but a torn UCL is usually repaired by Tommy John surgery.

Perez was 2-2, with a 3.43 ERA in 35 appearances. In his first season as a fulltime reliever, Perez began the year with eight consecutive scorless appearances out of the pen, one of the best starts by a Jays lefthanded reliever. By June 1, he had made 23 appearances in the club's first 53 games.

Perez had posted a 2.45 ERA in his first 22 games, but in his last 13 appearances prior to the injury, gave up nine earned runs in 16-1/3 innings.

Perez becomes the seventh Jays major-league roster pitcher currently on the DL, joining Jesse Litsch, Dustin McGowan, Sergio Santos, Brandon Morrow, Kyle Drabek and Drew Hutchison. The Jays will make a roster move later in the all-star break. 

Comments

[Jack Gallop]

Very disappointed in Bautista's performance last night. Not that he didn't win, but in his classless omission of not even approaching Fielder to congratulate him. Fielder had to go to him and even then Jose's reaction was anything but warm. Jose didn't appear to be having any fun. Hey, it's a bunch of fellow professionals having a good time with friendly competition. Being competitive is one thing; being a poor loser is quite another.