PHILADELPHIA — Trey Yesavage immediately knew something was wrong when he felt a pinching sensation in his left knee after throwing a warmup pitch for the third inning Tuesday night. He tried another, struggled to plant his leg, conferred with Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider and assistant trainer Voon Chong, and after one final attempt, shook his head and walked off the field at Houston’s Daikin Park.

“It was weird, I'd never felt that before, so I knew something was bugging me,” Yesavage, who hadn’t sustained previous knee issues and isn’t sure what caused the sensation, said over the weekend. “Seasons of wear and tear on the body, freak things happen.”

An MRI the next day revealed a meniscus injury and since “surgery is a possibility,” the fate of Yesavage’s season will be decided Monday, when he visits with a specialist in Dallas. The rookie right-hander spent the weekend with his teammates in Philadelphia trying to not fret about the appointment, hoping that his last pitches of the season didn’t come during his two innings of work against the Astros.

“Whatever the whole situation is, it’s out of my control, but the best course of action moving forward is what I’d like to achieve,”........

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