Jansen has bone fracture in wrist

Catcher could miss opening day

Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen has a fractured bone in his right wrist and could miss opening day, manager John Schneider said Friday.

Jansen sustained the injury to the pisiform bone when he was hit by a 93.4-m.p.h. fastball from Pittsburgh’s Carmen Mlodzinski during the eighth inning of Wednesday’s spring training game.

“It’s a small bone between the hand and wrist,” Schneider said.

Schneider said Jansen is unlikely for the March 28 opener at Tampa Bay. “He’ll have to catch and ramp back up and hit. Hopefully the first couple weeks of the season he’ll be back.”

Alejandro Kirk is likely to get a bulk of the time at catcher while Jansen is out.

The 28-year-old Jansen hit .228 with 17 homers and 53 RBIs in 83 games last season. He was sidelined between May 24 and June 13 by a strained left groin, and his season ended with a broken right middle finger sustained Sept. 1 when hit by a foul ball during a game against Colorado.

Odorizzi rejoins Rays

Right-hander Jake Odorizzi agreed to a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. Odorizzi, who didn’t pitch last season following shoulder surgery, could earn a rotation spot with Taj Bradley expected to miss the season’s start because of a strained pectoral muscle.

The 33-year-old Odorizzi spent five seasons with the Rays (2013-17), going 40-37 with a 3.82 ERA. He was an all-Star with Minnesota in 2019, when he won a career-best 15 games.

Cardinals extend Marmol

St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2026 season.

The 37-year-old former Cardinals minor leaguer led the team to an NL Central title in his first season, winning 93 games in 2022 and becoming the youngest manager to reach the playoffs since a 31-yearold Lou Boudreau took Cleveland to the World Series in 1946. St. Louis went 71-91 last year and finished last in the division.

“Over the past two seasons, we have experienced a lot of different emotions, both up and down,” Cardinals president John Mozeliak said.

“And through it all, Oli has helped navigate us through these challenging times.”

Marmol joined the Cardinals organization in 2007 as a utility man and coached in the minors for five seasons before joining the majorleague coaching staff in 2017.