{"id":694436,"date":"2026-05-25T22:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/694436\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T22:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:59:23","slug":"blue-jays-place-dylan-cease-on-15-day-il-select-tanner-andrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/694436\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays Place Dylan Cease On 15-Day IL, Select Tanner Andrews"},"content":{"rendered":"

5:12pm: The Blue Jays have officially announced Cease\u2019s IL placement. To take his 26-man roster spot, the Jays selected righty Tanner Andrews<\/a> from Triple-A Buffalo. The Marlins drafted Andrews in the 10th round back in 2018, but he has still not pitched in the majors. Now 30 years old, Andrews has registered a 5.58 ERA in 129 Triple-A innings. He signed a minor league deal with the Blue Jays last winter and opened 2026 with 20 innings of 1.35 pitching in Triple-A before his promotion. Andrews has struck out 22 batters and yielded just 11 hits as a Bison, but he has also issued 14 free passes. His selection gives the Jays a full 40-man roster.<\/p>\n

3:29pm: The Blue Jays are placing right-hander Dylan Cease<\/a> on the 15-day injured list, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet<\/a> was among those to report. Cease is dealing with a mild left hamstring strain, manager John Schneider announced.<\/p>\n

This will be the first true IL stint for the durable Cease, who suffered the injury in a 4-1 loss to the Pirates on Sunday. Cease landed on the COVID-19 IL as a member of the White Sox back in 2021, but the team activated him after just two days on the shelf. Also a former Padre, Cease entered this season with five straight years of at least 32 starts on his resume. Whether he reaches the 30 mark for the sixth year in a row depends on how long this injury shelves him. Schneider said he\u2019s \u201choping it\u2019s a minimal stay\u201d on the IL (via Shi Davidi of Sportsnet<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Cease was a prized offseason acquisition for the Blue Jays, who added him on a seven-year, $210MM deal \u2013 the largest free agent contract in franchise history. Before the injury, the 30-year-old lived up to the billing. Over 11 starts, Cease has given Toronto 62 innings of 3.05 ERA ball with personal-best strikeout and ground-ball rates of 35.7% and 47.1%, respectively. His 10.1% walk rate is right in line with his career mark (10%), and advanced metrics such as xFIP (2.50), FIP (2.57), SIERA (2.73) and xERA (2.95) suggest Cease deserves even better results than he has gotten.<\/p>\n

Despite Cease\u2019s brilliance, the reigning American League champion Blue Jays have gotten off to an underwhelming 25-28 start. They already sit 10.5 games behind the AL East-leading Rays, but they are just a half-game out in a jam-packed wild-card race. Injuries have been a big part of the problem for Toronto, particularly in its rotation. Shane Bieber<\/a>, acquired from the Guardians last season, stuck around on a $16MM player option, but he hasn\u2019t pitched at all as a result of elbow inflammation. Cody Ponce<\/a> suffered a season-ending knee injury just one start into a three-year, $30MM pact. Jos\u00e9 Berr\u00edos<\/a> underwent Tommy John surgery last week, and Max Scherzer<\/a> has been out for a month with right forearm tendinitis and left ankle inflammation. Eric Lauer<\/a> stayed healthy for Toronto this year, but after he posted a dismal 6.69 ERA in 36 1\/3 innings, the team traded him to the Dodgers earlier this month. That left one fewer depth option for the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n

With Cease out for at least a couple of weeks, the sturdy Kevin Gausman<\/a> will front the Jays\u2019 rotation. Phenom Trey Yesavage<\/a> missed most of April with a shoulder impingement, but he has been superb over five starts since he came off the 15-day IL. With a 3.86 ERA over nine starts and 44 1\/3 innings, Patrick Corbin<\/a> has given the club bang for its buck on a $1MM pact. Those three are locked into spots, but the rest of Toronto\u2019s rotation is up in the air.<\/p>\n

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