<p>The Toronto Blue Jays are shuffling the 26th man on their roster again.</p>
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<p>The team announced on Monday afternoon that Jordan Luplow has been assigned to Triple-A Buffalo while Nathan Lukes has been recalled in his place.</p>
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<p>🔹 OF Nathan Lukes recalled from Triple-A and will be active tonight</p>
<p>🔹 OF Jordan Luplow optioned to Triple-A <a href="https://t.co/zqxyoSPiLH">pic.twitter.com/zqxyoSPiLH</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1648053819798966286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Lukes was a minor-league free-agent signing by the Blue Jays following the 2021 season. He put up solid results with the Bisons in 2022 and was added to the 40-man roster ahead of this off-season&#8217;s Rule 5 Draft.</p>
<p>Following a strong showing in spring training, Lukes cracked the Blue Jays&#8217; big-league roster out of camp and made his Major League debut as a pinch runner during their Opening Day victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Lukes appeared in three games with the Blue Jays but didn&#8217;t make a plate appearance before he was sent down to Triple-A to make room on Toronto&#8217;s 26-man roster for Luplow.</p>
<p>Through six games with the Bisons, Lukes has gone 8-for-24 with five walks compared to one strikeout along with one home run and one stolen base.</p>
<p>Swapping the right-handed hitting Luplow for the left-handed hitting Lukes makes sense given the Blue Jays will face three right-handed starting pitchers (Christian Javier, Jose Urquidy, and Luis Garcia) during their upcoming series with the Houston Astros.</p>
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The Toronto Blue Jays are shuffling the 26th man on their roster again.



The team announced on Monday afternoon that Jordan Luplow has been assigned to Triple-A Buffalo while Nathan Lukes has been recalled in his place.

https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1648053819798966286?s=20

Lukes was a minor-league free-agent signing by the Blue Jays following the 2021 season. He put up solid results with the Bisons in 2022 and was added to the 40-man roster ahead of this off-season's Rule 5 Draft.

Following a strong showing in spring training, Lukes cracked the Blue Jays' big-league roster out of camp and made his Major League debut as a pinch runner during their Opening Day victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Lukes appeared in three games with the Blue Jays but didn't make a plate appearance before he was sent down to Triple-A to make room on Toronto's 26-man roster for Luplow.

Through six games with the Bisons, Lukes has gone 8-for-24 with five walks compared to one strikeout along with one home run and one stolen base.

Swapping the right-handed hitting Luplow for the left-handed hitting Lukes makes sense given the Blue Jays will face three right-handed starting pitchers (Christian Javier, Jose Urquidy, and Luis Garcia) during their upcoming series with the Houston Astros.

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