Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons refused to update Brett Lawrie's status Wednesday night after the third baseman underwent an MRI.

The club had all of the answers Thursday, and the intense 24-year-old is headed to the disabled list with a left oblique strain. The move is retroactive to August 6.

Lawrie was lifted from Tuesday's game with back tightness, his first game with the club since returning from a broken finger.

The same oblique injury on his left side landed Lawrie on the disabled list for almost a month during his 2013 campaign, and a right oblique strain cost him time in 2012.

The team recalled left-handed pitcher Rob Rasmussen from Triple-A Buffalo, so the club will work with a short bench to finish its series with the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday in Toronto.