{"id":2435,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2435","headline":"Blue Jays' Santander apologizes for anti-Muslim social media posts","dek":"The outfielder said reflection and conversations with trusted people led him to recognize the posts caused hurt and fell short of his own convictions.","body":"Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander apologized Friday for sharing anti-Muslim social media posts. In a statement posted to Instagram, Santander said the content caused hurt and did not reflect his own convictions.\n\nSantander said that reflection, along with conversations with people he trusts, made him realize he should have been more thoughtful about what he shared and more mindful of the responsibility that comes with having a public voice.\n\nThe apology follows the Blue Jays franchise issuing its own apology to the Muslim community over the posts. Before Santander's statement, the team had asked him to address the remarks directly, and he had remained silent on the matter.\n\nIt is not yet clear what, if any, further action the Blue Jays or Major League Baseball plan to take regarding the posts.","published_at":"2026-11-14T00:49:48.447166+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Blue Jays' Anthony Santander apologizes for sharing anti-Muslim social media posts","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/blue-jays-anthony-santander-apologizes-214627925.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Blue Jays' Santander apologizes for sharing anti-Muslim posts","url":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50474604/blue-jays-anthony-santander-apologizes-anti-muslim-posts"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Blue Jays apologize to Muslim community for Anthony Santander’s outburst — as he remains silent","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/sports/blue-jays-apologize-to-muslim-community-for-anthony-santanders-outburst-while-he-remains-silent/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Blue Jays OF Anthony Santander apologizes for anti-Islam Instagram posts","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/blue-jays-of-anthony-santander-apologizes-for-anti-islam-instagram-posts-222720307.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Anthony Santander apologizes for Islamophobic Instagram posts","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/anthony-santander-apologizes-islamophobic-instagram-004250873.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}