TORONTO

Blue Jays relief pitcher Frasor added to disabled list

The Canadian Press Published Saturday, July 21, 2012 4:20PM EDT

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jason Frasor points to first baseman Yan Gomes during ninth inning MLB action against the Philadelphia Phillies in Toronto Sunday June 17, 2012. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/The Canadian Press)

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BOSTON -- The Toronto Blue Jays have lost another pitcher to injury.

Reliever Jason Frasor has been put on the 15-day disabled list with tightness in his right forearm.

The move is retroactive to July 17.

Frasor has appeared in 497 games with the Blue Jays, and is 1-1 with a 4.00 earned-run average with 45 strikeouts in 36 innings this season.

Frasor's injury kept Toronto from designating reliever Drew Carpenter to triple-A Las Vegas after he was acquired in a 10-player trade from Houston on Friday.

The 34-year-old right hander is the eighth pitcher Toronto has lost to injury this season.

Toronto also lost star slugger Jose Bautista to a wrist injury Monday, and third baseman Brett Lawrie is day-to-day after bruising his calf Wednesday.