Bautista going on the IL hurts the Orioles' chances of staying competitive and perhaps getting back into the American League playoff race. At 44-57 going into Thursday's play, Baltimore is 15.5 games behind the first-place Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East. That also leaves them 9.5 games out of the third AL wild-card playoff spot.

Interim manager Tony Mansolino said the right-hander felt uncomfortable while stretching in the bullpen Wednesday during a 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians.