TORONTO -- Another day, another roster move for the Blue Jays.

After making a fantastic diving catch in the seventh inning of Thursday night’s series finale against the Red Sox, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. awoke with some soreness in his left wrist. The 25-year-old left fielder joins Randal Grichuk -- out with a sore back – on the sidelines and because both are considered day to day, the club needed outfield reinforcement.

Jonathan Davis was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo ahead of Friday’s matchup between the Blue Jays and Orioles at Rogers Centre. In a corresponding move, Thomas Pannone was optioned to the Bisons one day after giving Toronto 4 1/3 innings against Boston.

“We’re getting Davis here today,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. “He’ll be here by game time, because Gurriel jammed his wrist diving for that ball yesterday on that great play he made. So, we’ll see how he feels, and then Grichuk’s back is still kind of so-so.”

Montoyo also quashed any discussion that Marcus Stroman might pitch in Toronto ahead of the All-Star break, after mentioning the possibility earlier in the week. Stroman has been sidelined since making an early exit in his last start on Saturday, with what has continued to be called a left shoulder pectoral cramp.

“He tried the other day to throw a bullpen, and that’s when we found out it still hurts,” Toronto’s skipper said. “When you talk about cramps, it’s almost like when you’re running, and you pull a calf muscle. You cramp it and you still have that feeling there. … It’s almost like you pulled something. That’s how Nikki [Huffman, head athletic trainer] explained it to me.”

The Blue Jays have not ruled out the idea of Stroman pitching in the All-Star Game and hope that he will be their first starter out of the chute from the break on Friday in New York.

“These next three days we’re going to set up our rotation,” Montoyo said. “Probably by tomorrow or Sunday we’ll have a better idea of how Marcus is going to be, if he’s going to be able to pitch the first game coming out of the break and then we’ll go from there.”

Pannone joined Jacob Waguespack and Sean Reid-Foley on the list of starters recalled from the Bisons to spend one night on the mound in Toronto before heading back down the highway to Buffalo this week. The trio made strong cases to potentially fill any rotational needs when the big club comes calling.

“They really looked good here,” Montoyo said. “So, they have a chance to come back and be one of our starters, so we’ll see what happens.

“Waguespack has been pitching better in the big leagues than he has in Triple-A, for whatever reason. He’s looked really good, and then of course Reid-Foley was good in his two outings here. It was out of the bullpen still it was good. And then Pannone did a good job yesterday.”

Taking centre stage
After Saturday’s win over the Royals, Toronto’s manager got a chance to put on a show of his own, joining the band at Lula Lounge for a salsa performance.

It was the second time Montoyo had the opportunity to take the stage at the venue, after impressing in his first chance a couple of months ago.

“The one thing with bands, they care what they do,” Montoyo said. “If you go over there and play and you don’t sound good, they’ll give you that look like, ‘Dude, you’re killing us.’ But because I know how to play, I went about two months ago and started playing.

“They were here, they had a field pass and I talked to the manager of the Lula Lounge and they told me they were playing salsa and asked if I wanted to come. So, I went there, and they had a table for me and he said, ‘I heard you want to play,’ so I talked to one of the musicians and they let me on stage.

“I started playing, and they were like, ‘OK, you know how to play.’ That was two months ago and then I just went back on Saturday.”

Montoyo not only loves just getting to play music, but he enjoys the feeling of being on stage and performing in front of an audience.

“You don’t want to mess that up,” he said. “This time, they even had a microphone for me to play my guiro. I had my own spot to play because they knew I was coming. It was pretty cool. I love music, and because I know how to play, it’s fun. You can hear the music in the background, and when I get on stage it’s pretty cool. I love it.”