Blue Jays place Cease on 15-day injured list, activate outfielder Lukes
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease (84) throws during first inning MLB baseball action against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Toronto on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Credit: AP/Frank Gunn
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have placed starting pitcher Dylan Cease on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain.
Blue Jays manager John Schneider updated Cease’s status on Monday, hours before the Blue Jays started a three-game series with the Miami Marlins.
Cease left the Blue Jays’ 4-1 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday with two outs in the top of the fifth inning. Slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left in the bottom of the inning with a right elbow contusion after he was hit with a pitch.
Guerrero was not in the starting lineup for Monday’s game.
Cease has a 3-3 record with a 3.05 ERA so far in his first season with Toronto after signing a $210 million, seven-year contract.
Earlier Monday, Toronto reinstated outfielder Nathan Lukes from the 10-day injured list and made him available for the series opener against the Marlins.
Lukes had been out since April 24 with a left hamstring strain.
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease reacts after giving up the second solo home run of the game during second inning of an MLB baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Toronto on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Credit: AP/Frank Gunn
He recently played two games with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays, going 2 for 3 with one home run, three runs batted in and two walks.
Lukes is batting .250 with eight RBIs with Toronto this season.
Toronto optioned infielder/outfielder Davis Schneider to Triple-A Buffalo in a corresponding move.
The Blue Jays entered Monday’s game in third place in the American League East with a 25-28 record.
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