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Chicago Cubs Catcher Miguel Amaya is on his way back on the wounded list just one day after his return after a freak injury under the team’s 4-1 win over Blue Jays in Toronto on Wednesday night.
Cubs manager Craig Counsell confirmed the devastating news after the game and told journalists that Amaya was suffering a left ankle sprain during the eighth lap.
Chicago Cubs Catcher Miguel Amaya leaves with an injury during the Blue Jays game in Toronto on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. (Nathan Denette/the Canadian press via AP)
“Negatively on the X -rays, which is great. We were a little worried, of course at the time of the injury,” Counsell said. “It is already rising pretty well – It’s an IL. It’s a bad break – Uflakse – unfortunately and we’ll miss him. “
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Amaya, 26, ran against the first base as he appeared to be awkward lands on his left foot when he beat an infield singles. The landing sent him flying from the base as he hit the ground hard.
Medical staff quickly rushed over, and Counsell said he immediately knew the injury was significant.
“You hope it’s just a collision or a scared … but it was pretty clear after 20 seconds that he had either sprained it or worse. You knew something was pretty seriously wrong pretty quickly.”
Chicago Cubs Catcher Miguel Amaya is inclined by medical staff under the Toronto Blue Jays game, Wednesday, August 13, 2025. (Nathan Denette/the Canadian press via AP)
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Counsell called it a “Strange Baseball Play” As a result, Tærdåt Amaya left the field on a medical wagon.
Amaya’s injury came only one day after he returned to the set-up after first being placed on the 60-day wounded list on May 25 due to a left oblique stem. He hit .280 with four homers and 25 RBI in 27 matches before this initial injury.
Miguel Amaya’s injury came only one day after he returned to the lineup after being on the 60-day wounded list. (Nathan Denette/the Canadian press via AP)
Rookie-high-handed Cade Horton called Amaya a “special player” after the team’s latest loss to injury.
“I hate to see what happened to him,” Horton said. “Beans for him. He’s a special player, a big teammate.”
