Blue Jays Place Tommy Nance On 15-Day IL, Recall Adam Macko

The Blue Jays announced that right-hander Tommy Nance has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to discomfort in his right forearm.  Left-hander Adam Macko was called up from Triple-A in the corresponding 26-man roster move, and Macko is already on Toronto’s 40-man roster.

Nance threw an inning of relief work in the Jays’ 2-1 win over the Tigers yesterday, so it would seem as if his injury only surfaced in the aftermath of that outing.  That said, Macko was part of the Blue Jays’ taxi squad yesterday, and manager John Schneider hinted that Macko could be officially added to the roster depending on the state of some unnamed relievers who were less than 100 percent.  It could be that Nance was one of those pitchers, though teams generally proceed with caution with any sort of forearm-related issues.

Over 21 innings this season, Nance has a 3.86 ERA and a significantly better 2.81 SIERA, as his real-world ERA hasn’t reflected his 29.4% strikeout rate and 9.4% walk rate.  Now in his third season with Toronto, Nance has a 3.13 ERA, 25K%, and 7.9BB% over 74 2/3 bullpen frames, with this solid production earning him a few looks in higher-leverage roles.

Nance now becomes the eighth pitcher on the Blue Jays’ injured list, though the rotation has been hit harder than the pen as the Jays continue to try and get through this swarm of health issues.  Losing Nance is another blow to the relief corps, but it now opens the door for Macko to get his first taste of Major League action.

The 25-year-old southpaw was a seventh-round pick for the Mariners in the 2019 draft, and he came to Toronto along with Erik Swanson in the November 2022 trade that sent Teoscar Hernandez to Seattle.  MLB Pipeline ranks Macko as the 21st-best prospect in the Blue Jays’ farm system, while Baseball America has him 25th.

A starter for most of his minor league career, Macko got some looks at a multi-inning reliever in 2025 and he has pitched exclusively out of the pen at Triple-A Buffalo this year.  The door may not be entirely closed on Macko’s future as a starter, but working as a long reliever or bulk pitcher may be a nod to Macko’s injury history, which includes a meniscus surgery last year.  Macko has a four-pitch arsenal that lacks a true plus pitch, with Pipeline and BA differing on whether his curveball or his slider is his best offering.