The Blue Jays will be without their $92 million slugger for the rest of the postseason.

Anthony Santander has been removed from the ALCS roster and replaced by Joey Loperfido. If Toronto makes the World Series, Santander would be ineligible to rejoin the team.

Santander has dealt with back issues in the playoffs and was removed in the bottom of the fifth in Wednesday night’s American League Championship Series Game 3 win over the Mariners for Myles Straw.

Anthony Santander strikes out in the first inning of the Blue Jays’ Game 3 win over the Mariners. John Froschauer-Imagn Images

“Checked in with him this morning and he still felt it,” manager John Schneider told reporters Thursday of Santander’s back, according to Sportsnet . Talking to him and after getting some treatment, didn’

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