NO NORRIS: Adding to the Blue Jays’ misadventures Thursday, which had already included Ryan Tepera booking an appointment with surgeon Dr. David Altchek, John Axford being shut down for at least four weeks and Kevin Pillar being scratched with neck stiffness, was Bud Norris not pitching his inning.
Charlie Montoyo said the decision to shut him down came when the right-hander “was getting loose a little bit, just playing catch and didn’t feel right. We said hold on, let’s find out before he throws.”
The Blue Jays said there’s no injury and it may have been nothing more than the normal pitching soreness pitchers experience, but given the other injuries and the fact that Norris had an opt-out that expired at midnight Thursday, there was certainly a New Orleans Is Sinking kind of feel to the day.
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