{"id":864286,"date":"2026-08-19T23:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864286\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:12:10","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-dfa-rhp-matt-waldron-activate-lhp-brendan-cellucci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864286\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays DFA RHP Matt Waldron, activate LHP Brendan Cellucci"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> have designated right-handed pitcher Matt Waldron<\/a> for assignment, it was announced Wednesday. <\/p>\n

The Blue Jays claimed Waldron off waivers from the San Diego Padres<\/a> after he was DFA\u2019d by the Padres on July 29. <\/p>\n

The knuckleballer made four appearances with the Blue Jays, during which he posted a 10.38 ERA.<\/p>\n

He turned in scoreless outings in his first two appearances with the Blue Jays, but struggled in the following two.<\/p>\n

He gave up three runs in the ninth inning against the Boston Red Sox<\/a> on Aug. 12. He was replaced by Louis Varland<\/a> with runners on second and third with one out. Varland got the save and the Blue Jays won 6-4.<\/p>\n

Waldron\u2019s final appearance with the Blue Jays was in Tuesday\u2019s 10-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>. He gave up two runs on four hits in two innings. <\/p>\n

In a corresponding move, the Blue Jays activated left-handed pitcher Brendan Cellucci.<\/p>\n

Cellucci has spent most of the season with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. He posted a 3.68 ERA over 44 innings in 39 appearances. <\/p>\n

The Blue Jays are fourth in the AL East with a 62-65 record. They sit half a game back of the final AL wild card spot.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays continue their series against the Rays tonight in Tampa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Blue Jays have designated right-handed pitcher Matt Waldron for assignment, it was announced Wednesday. The Blue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[712,49,48,300492,82,75156],"class_list":["post-864286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-matt-waldron-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-1170065","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-238"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}