Blue Jays’ Lourdes Gurriel Jr. out for year after appendix removed

Toronto Blue Jays' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

Lourdes Gurriel Jr., will miss the remaining five games of the Toronto Blue Jays‘ season after having his appendix removed.

The left-fielder was a late scratch from Toronto’s 11-10 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, which the team initially called an illness.

Gurriel, 25, finishes a roller coaster season with a .277 batting average, 20 home runs and 50 RBI.

He started the year in the infield for the Blue Jays, but a series of throwing errors along with struggles at the plate landed him in triple-A Buffalo.

Gurriel refined his game in the minors and eventually was re-promoted before having success both offensively and defensively.

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