Jeremy Peña exits with apparent injury vs. Orioles

McAdoo got the start at first base, batting ninth against the Yankees. He gave the Blue Jays the lead in the seventh, breaking a 1-1 tie with a double to drive in a run. He then singled in the eighth to give Toronto an insurance run. The 24-year-old infielder is hitting .220/.267/.390 with two homers and seven RBI across 45 plate appearances.

Varland was summoned in the top of the ninth to close out the game against the Yankees with a three-run lead. He shut the door on New York, striking out the side on 13 pitches to convert his 28th save of the season with a 1.26 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, and a 79/17 K/BB ratio across 64 1/3 innings.

Perez left Wednesday’s game and didn’t play Friday because of right elbow soreness.

Braydon Fisher opened the bullpen game for the Blue Jays with a scoreless first inning before turning it over to Tiedemann in the second. Tiedemann surrendered a run on two hits in the inning and recorded two outs in the third. Simeon Woods Richardson took over from there and gave the Blue Jays 2 1/3 scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts. Later in the game, Spencer Miles tossed a scoreless seventh inning with one strikeout before falling in line for a win.

Schlittler tossed two scoreless innings before giving up a run on a walk and two hits in the third. He then settled in to pitch into the sixth without allowing another run. Schlittler would depart with one out in the sixth inning having allowed just the one run while striking out seven. The 25-year-old right-hander will take a 2.19 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, and a 189/34 K/BB ratio across 152 innings into a start against the Blue Jays in New York on Friday.

Kiner-Falefa, out with forearm inflammation, was moved to the 60-day IL earlier this week, but he’ll be eligible to return from that even before the rehab assignment starts. The Red Sox probably won’t rush to bring him back, as they also have Trevor Story returning and only so much room on the roster.

It’s finally happening. Anthony has been out with a finger injury, eventually diagnosed as a partially torn tendon, since early May. If he starts hitting immediately in the minors, there’s a chance he could rejoin the Red Sox next weekend. If not, the series starting Aug. 24 in Miami seems more realistic.

He’ll head to Triple-A Tacoma. The 29-year-old Watson, an experienced swingman, has never pitched in the majors. The Tigers added him to their 40-man last month in order to prevent him from leaving the organization, but they kept him in Triple-A afterwards and DFA’d him earlier this week. He had a 3.27 ERA and a 38/18 K/BB in 55 innings over eight starts and nine relief appearances for Triple-A Toledo.

The A’s had Thursday off, so Soderstrom has started just twice in five days. However, at least this day off, unlike the last one on Tuesday, is against a lefty. Soderstrom is still bothered by the sore hip that put him on the IL in early July. He’ll probably do a lot of DHing the rest of the way.

Fulmer, in the majors for the first time in 2026, gets a bullpen spot four days after being signed to a minor league contract by the Angels. He previously had a 2.98 ERA in 42 1/3 innings of work for the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate. The 33-year-old has a career 37-50 record and a 3.95 ERA in 90 starts and 175 relief appearances as a major leaguer, but he’s totaled just 5 2/3 innings since requiring elbow surgery in 2024.