At the same time, the Blue Jays can give Francis time to recover from a right shoulder impingement that manager John Schneider said had bothered the right-hander for the past two or three starts, and also an opportunity to work through his problems on the mound.

The Toronto Blue Jays are running out of options as they slid another starting pitcher to the injured list on Tuesday.

The Toronto Blue Jays cut veteran reliever Erik Swanson on Tuesday and put struggling starter Bowden Francis on the 15-day injured list because of a right shoulder