SEATTLE – Two weeks since returning from the left wrist inflammation that forced him onto the injured list, Daulton Varsho is still trying to get back to “my normal swing.”

Though he’s feeling better, pain remains when his wrist bends back too far, which is why he why he wears a brace with a guard designed to limit such movement. Given the way his wrist shifts at launch and as he’s “laying my barrel into the zone and then staying through” a swing, that’s not exactly ideal for the centre-fielder.

“No, but it’s something I have to work with,” said Varsho. “Making adjustments, grinding through it, it's feeling better. I don't have as much pain, which is awesome. With the all-star break coming up, I don't know if four days off is going to make it feel great, so it might be something I have to work through the rest of the season.”

Still, the reset period offered by the looming all-star break will be welcomed by a Toronto Blue Jays team beat up both physically and mentally so far, their trying season extended by an 11-0 thumping from the Seattle Mariners.

Shane Bieber gave up five two-out runs in the second highlighted by Randy Arozarena’s grand slam during another uneven outing while Logan Gilbert diced up the lineup with perfect-game calibre stuff, allowing only one hit in 7.1 innings with seven strikeouts.

Given how thin the rotation is, Bieber’s status looms large after missing the first half of the season with elbow inflammation. The Blue Jays activated him from the injured list June 22 knowing he would need to finish his build-up at the........

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