Blue Jays place Sergio Santos and his 9.00 ERA on the disabled list - MLB

Sergio Santos has a 9.00 ERA this season and pitched his way out of the closer mix when Toronto needed a fill-in for the injured Casey Janssen, so it’s no big shock that he’s now headed to the disabled list with right forearm soreness.

Santos has struck out 20 of the 58 batters he’s faced this season and his average fastball has clocked in at 94.0 miles per hour, but he’s also handed out 11 walks in 12 innings while allowing opponents to post a .574 slugging percentage.

He has a history of arm problems, but Santos was dominant down the stretch last season after returning from an elbow injury. There’s no stated timetable yet for his return this time around and the Blue Jays just got Janssen back from the DL over the weekend.

Incidentally, here are Santos’ seasonal ERAs since 2011: 3.55, 9.00, 1.75, 9.00. That’s a certain kind of consistency, I guess.

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CINCINNATI — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed pitcher Noah Syndergaard on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a blister on the index finger of his right throwing hand.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the timetable for Syndergaard’s return is unknown despite the 15-day designation.

“The physical, the mental, the emotional part, as he’s talked about, has taken a toll on him,” Roberts said. “So, the ability to get him away from this. He left today to go back to Los Angeles to kind of get back to normalcy.”

Syndergaard allowed six runs and seven hits in three innings against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night, raising his ERA to 7.16.

Syndergaard (1-4) has surrendered at least five runs in three straight starts.

Syndergaard has been trying to return to the player he was before Tommy John surgery sidelined him for the better part of the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Roberts said Syndergaard will need at least “a few weeks” to both heal and get away from baseball and “reset.”

“I think searching and not being comfortable with where he was at in the moment is certainly evident in performance,” Roberts said. “So hopefully this time away will provide more clarity on who he is right now as a pitcher.

“Trying to perform when you’re searching at this level is extremely difficult. I applaud him from not running from it, but it’s still very difficult. Hopefully it can be a tale of two stories, two halves when he does come back.”