TORONTO – John Schneider and Cody Ponce spent a long time talking as Monday night bled into Tuesday morning, trying to make sense of what had just happened. Ponce spent four seasons in Asia trying to find himself as a pitcher, did so during a brilliant 2025 with the KBO’s Hanwha Eagles, and was 2.1 innings into a promising return to the majors when one awkward step left him and the Toronto Blue Jays reeling.

“He's got pretty good perspective, frustrated, for sure, but I think he has pretty good perspective on it,” Schneider said Tuesday, after revealing that Ponce is going to miss an extended period with an ACL sprain in his right knee. “The person in me just hates it for him, first outing, weird play, all that kind of stuff. But he's........

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