Toronto Blue Jays' Nathan Lukes, centre, leaves the game after getting injured sliding into second base against the Cleveland Guardians in first inning MLB baseball game action in Toronto on Friday, April 24, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jon Blacker

By The Canadian Press

Blue Jays place Cease on 15-day injured list, activate outfielder Lukes

May 25, 2026 | 12:15 PM

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 hours before the Blue Jays started a three-game series with the Miami Marlins on Monday at Rogers Centre.

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 earned-run average so far in his first season with Toronto after signing a seven-year, US$210 million contract.

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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.

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. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 25, 2026.

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Blue Jays place Cease on 15-day injured list, activate outfielder Lukes

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