Blue Jays' centerfielder Daulton Varsho missed Rehab starts on consecutive days without explanation
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Toronto Blue Jays centerfielder Daulton Varsho was supposed to start his rehab stint with the FCL Blue Jays on Monday but did not show up. Nobody seems to know if it was an injury setback or something else entirely.
Blue Jays outfielder Daulton Varsho (hamstring) was scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Monday in the Florida Complex League, but it "doesn't appear he did," according to Mitch Bannon of The Athletic.
It's rehab city in the FCL today, with SP Easton Lucas, SS Josh Kasevich and OF Yeuni Munoz also with FCL Jays. Recently signed LHP Joe Mantiply (former All Star) also in the 'pen. Daulton Varsho was perhaps set to start a rehab stint in the FCL today, but doesn't appear he did.
When Tuesday rolled around again, no sign of Varsho, the team has yet to announce if a problem came up with his injury or if he simply is not ready yet.
No Daulton Varsho again today with FCL Blue Jays. The wait continues...
It's been a rough year so far for Varsho. He missed nearly all of April while recovering from shoulder surgery, then strained his hamstring on May 31 and has not played since.
In exactly 100 plate appearances before getting hurt, Varsho slashed .207/.240/.543 with eight home runs, 20 RBI, 14 runs scored, and one stolen base. In an admittedly small sample, his 17.2% barrel rate was by far the best of his career and his .509 xSLG largely backed up his power surge.
Much of Varsho's value to the Blue Jays comes from his stellar defense, so they'll want to be sure his hamstring is ready to go before he rejoins the team.
It's unclear at this point whether he suffered a setback in his recovery efforts, or if the team's plans for him were altered for some other reason.
Hopefully this is nothing serious and all it ends up being is that Varsho needed a few more days to fully recover before taking the field again.
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