LHP Brett Cecil continued his recent success against left-handed hitters Sunday. Cecil struck out Los Angeles Angels RF Kole Calhoun, the only batter he faced, in a 4-0 loss. In his past 18 games, Cecil has held opposing left-handed hitters to a .160 average (4-for-25) while amassing 11 strikeouts and conceding just one walk.

LHP Brett Cecil entered Sunday's game with a 1.06 career ERA against the Indians. He had allowed five earned runs in 42 1/3 innings. Cecil gave up a two-run home run to Jose Ramirez in the eighth inning that proved to be the difference in the game. It's the first home run Cecil has given up to the Indians.

LHP Brett Cecil (triceps strain) pitched a perfect eighth inning Thursday in the 4-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians after he was activated from the disabled list Thursday. He feels he has regained the curveball that is so necessary to his success and a return to the form of the second half of last season will bolster a beleaguered bullpen. RHP Ryan Tepera was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo to make room for him on the 25-man roster, Cecil was 0-5 with a .5.23 ERA in 16 outings when he went on the DL May 15. He had two rehabilitation assignments at Class-A Dunedin and two more at Buffalo. The outing Thursday ended a string of seven appearances in which he pitched less than one inning. It was his first perfect inning over his past 10 games. "I'm more confident than I was early in the season, I've got my curveball back to where it needs to be, it's a lot better, a lot sharper,"Cecil said. "I think it was mechanical, I was trying so hard to find it early in the season, I was really getting myself out of mechanics, trying to search for it, thinking I needed to throw it harder, get over the top a little bit more, when I really just needed to relax.

LHP Brett Cecil (strained triceps) was activated from the disabled list on Thursday and optioned RHP Ryan Tepera to Triple-A Buffalo. Cecil was 0-5 with a 5.23 ERA in 16 outings when put on the DL May 15. He had two rehabilitation assignments at Class A Dunedin and two at Buffalo.

LHP Brett Cecil (left lat strain) will rejoin Toronto on Thursday and is expected to be activated for a game that night against Cleveland, which begins a challenging 11-game homestand with no days off. The Blue Jays do not have a left-hander in their bullpen, so they will be glad for the return of Cecil, who has been on the 15-day disabled list since May 15.

LHP Brett Cecil (left lat strain) threw 11 pitches, eight strikes, while pitching one perfect inning for Triple-A Buffalo in his second rehab appearance. He also pitched twice for high Class A Dunedin. Barring a setback, Cecil, who has been on the 15-day disabled list since May 15, is expected to join the Blue Jays on Thursday when they open a homestand against Cleveland.

LHP Brett Cecil (left lat strain) threw 11 pitches, eight strikes, while pitching one perfect inning for Triple-A Buffalo in his second rehab appearance and barring a setback will join the Blue Jays on Thursday when they open a homestand against Cleveland.

LHP Brett Cecil will have his rehab stint transferred to Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday. Cecil, who's on the 15-day disabled list because of a torn lat muscle, is getting close to returning to the Blue Jays, manager John Gibbons said. Cecil went 0-5 with a 5.23 ERA in 16 relief appearances before his DL stint.

LHP Brett Cecil (triceps) started his his rehabilitation assignment with Class-A Dunedin on Tuesday and struck out two in a perfect inning. Cecil was 0-5 with a 5.23 ERA in 16 games before being put on the disabled list on May 15 with a strained left triceps and a tear in his lat muscle. If the injuries caused his early season problems and he returns to his form of the second half of last season, it will be a big boost for a bullpen that has struggled much of the season.

LHP Brett Cecil (strained triceps) pitched off a mound in Dunedin, Fla., for the first time since he was put on the disabled list May 15. There is no date set for his return.

LHP Brett Cecil (left triceps strain) is making progress during his rehab at Class-A Dunedin, Blue Jays trainer George Poulis told MLB.com on Sunday. He is throwing from 90 feet in Dunedin, but not yet throwing from the mound, per MLB.com. He last pitched May 14 at Texas.

LHP Brett Cecil (lat tear) will be out at least a month after an MRI revealed a tear in his latissimus dorsi muscle. He was put on the disabled list Sunday with what was termed triceps tightness. Cecil, who was expected to have a key role in the bullpen as a setup man, has struggled this season, going 0-5 with a 5.23 ERA in 16 outings.

LHP Brett Cecil was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday due to a left triceps strain. Cecil is scheduled to have an MRI exam on the triceps Monday. He is 0-5 this year with a 5.23 ERA. Cecil had some discomfort in his arm during his outing Saturday against Texas in which he pitched two-thirds of an inning.

LHP Brett Cecil allowed one hit in 2/3 of an inning Saturday, but he may have hurt himself in the process. Manager John Gibbons said Cecil was "tender" after the game, and the club will have to see what happens from here. "We've got to look at that, quite possibly what we're going to do there," Gibbons said. "After that inning (the seventh), we found out."

LHP Brett Cecil was activated from the paternity list prior to Friday night's game. Cecil missed the recent three-game series in San Francisco for the birth of his daughter, Braelynn.

LHP Brett Cecil was activated from the paternity list Thursday. He was out for three days after the birth of a daughter.

LHP Brett Cecil needed a change ... and he got one Monday when his second child, a daughter named Braelynn, was born. Cecil stayed behind to attend the birth while the Blue Jays flew to San Francisco on Sunday night. He was placed on the paternity list Monday and is expected to rejoin the team Friday in Texas. Cecil set a major league record with five losses as a reliever in the month of April. He has faced just three batters in May, allowing two hits.

LHP Brett Cecil took the loss Saturday to move to 0-5 for the season, the most losses in the majors and most in relief this early in the season since the stat was first available (1913). Still, Cecil remains optimistic. "I'm throwing the ball well, and I'm not going to sit in my locker and pout about it," he said. "Relievers have got to have short memories, and for some guys, that's the hardest thing ... but I do have a short memory."

LHP Brett Cecil allowed all three of his inherited runners to score in the 7-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Monday. He has allowed six of his nine inherited runners to score this season and is 0-4 with a 5.19 ERA. "He's been pretty solid lately after a slow start," manager John Gibbons said. "He's been getting better. We're going to need him. He needs to get sharp. He needs to find it."

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- If Monday night's win was exactly what the Toronto Blue Jays wanted to see from their bullpen -- Brett Cecil, Drew Storen and Roberto Osuna dominating the seventh, eighth and ninth innings -- then Tuesday and Wednesday were the frustrating polar opposite.In both games, Toronto had a lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning, only to give up a home run and lose. Cecil yielded a two-run blast to Logan Forsythe on Tuesday, and Gavin Floyd gave up a three-run shot to Steven Souza Jr. on Wednesday.The bullpen issues left the Jays with a 2-2 split as they head home to face the Boston Red Sox."Not a real good 24 hours, put it that way," manager John Gibbons said after Toronto's 5-3 loss Wednesday. He was still sore from a controversial ending Tuesday that saw two runs come off the board on what was ruled a game-ending interference call, overturned on a challenge that Jose Bautista made contact with Forsythe, the Rays' second baseman.The Jays are coming off a division... [More]