Tulowitzki is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Indians, Sportsnet's Barry Davis reports.

EDGE Analysis

A reason for Tulowitzki's absence was not immediately provided but something seems amiss, as the Blue Jays just had a day off Thursday. Tulowitzki has been on a roll of late, collecting nine hits (including a pair of home runs) in his last four games, boosting his line for the month to .340/.404/.532. Ryan Goins will fill in at shortstop Friday.

Tulowitzki went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and two runs in Tuesday's 12-6 win over the Yankees.

EDGE Analysis

Tulowitzki was seeing the ball well all night, picking up two of Toronto's four hits against starter Michael Pineda before smashing an Anthony Swarzak offering over the fence in the sixth. He also got involved in the Blue Jays' eight-run eighth inning to complete a four-hit night. Health has always been the limiting factor for a power-hitting shortstop that has still managed .257/.325/.476 line in what has been a slightly disappointing campaign. He's heating up, though, with a pair of homers among his eight hits over the last three games.

Tulowitzki went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, three RBI and his 20th home run of the season in Sunday's win over the Astros.

EDGE Analysis

He now has two homers and eight RBI in his last four games, although in keeping with Tulo's season to date he went 0-for-7 during the two games in which he didn't hit one out of the park. Despite his various injuries over the years, he's now popped 20 or more home runs in a season seven times in his career and Tulowitzki becomes the fourth Blue Jay to reach the mark in 2016, joining Edwin Encarnacion, Josh Donaldson and Michael Saunders.

Tulowitzki went 2-for-3 with a homer, five RBI and a walk in a 7-0 victory over the Rays on Wednesday.

EDGE Analysis

The shortstop went deep with two on and two out in the first inning, giving the Blue Jays an early lead. In the second, he walked with the bases loaded to record another RBI. Then in the sixth, Tulowitzki came through with a second two-out hit to drive in his fifth run. He is 7-for-23 (.304) with one extra-base hit, six RBI and three runs in August. For the season, Tulowitzki is hitting .248 with 19 bombs and 58 RBI.

Tulowitzki went 1-for-3 with an RBI, his 53rd of the season, in Friday's win over the Royals.

EDGE Analysis

Tulowitzki had by far the best month of his season in July. A finger injury kept him out the first three contests of this month, but the veteran will hope for a better August than he had a year ago when he hit .214 with more strikeouts (28) than hits (22). Tulowitzki's unreliable nature this season has kept him in the bottom half of the batting order -- a place he's extremely unfamiliar hitting from. Over his past three seasons, 95 percent of the shortstop's at-bats came from hitting somewhere between leadoff and cleanup. This season, Tulowitzki's logged just nine of his 303 at-bats from within the top four slots.

Tulowitzki (finger) is back in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Astros, Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Tulowitzki missed the past three games with a finger injury, but is back in the lineup for Thursday's series finale in Houston. He is slotted in the seventh spot in the order and playing short facing right-hander Mike Fiers.

Tulowitzki (finger) remains out of the lineup Wednesday against the Astros, MLB.com's Gregor Chisholm reports.

EDGE Analysis

Tulowitzki will miss his third straight game with the finger injury, but he told Sportsnet's Barry Davis that he will be in the lineup Thursday against Mike Fiers and the Astros. In the meantime, Darwin Barney will start at shortstop and hit ninth Wednesday.

Tulowitzki (finger) remains out of the lineup for Tuesday's tilt with Houston, Brendan Kennedy of the Toronto Star reports.

EDGE Analysis

Tulowitzki is being replaced in the lineup by Darwin Barney who's making a start at shortstop and batting ninth. Tulowitzki fractured his thumb in Sunday's contest but it is not considered serious and he should return to the lineup in the coming days. The 31-year-old is slashing .308/.350/.538 with 13 runs and 21 RBI since the start of July.

Tulowitzki (finger) isn't expected to need a stint on the disabled list according to Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet reports.

EDGE Analysis

Tulowtizki is out of Monday's lineup and may still miss a couple more games due to a fracture in his thumb. Consider him day-to-day for the rest of the week, but the Blue Jays would put him on the disabled list if he were to miss any more than a few games with this injury, so this news is cause for optimism.

Tulowitzki (finger) is out of Monday's lineup against Houston, Brendan Kennedy of the Toronto Star reports.

EDGE Analysis

As expected, Tulowitzki will sit out of Monday's game as he deals with a minor fracture on his thumb, however, Toronto has yet to indicate if he'll need a stint on the DL. Ryan Goins will start in his place at shortstop and be hitting ninth for Monday's contest.