Roberto Osuna has not been able to throw his slider, his strikeout pitch, because of a broken nail embedded in the middle finger of his pitching hand.

Osuna was given an anesthetic ointment on Monday and said it will be difficult for him to throw the slider if he is asked to pitch for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the ALCS.

"It started against Texas the first day of the series. It started to bother me but I kept pitching on it, and at the end of the series it really hurt," Osuna said. "The side of the nail got swollen and I started bleeding, and I have been having problems ever since."

John Gibbons said he's not too concerned about Osuna's situation and that the closer used his other pitches very well previously this season.