ANAHEIM, Calif. – Mechanical issues with their plane in Phoenix left the Toronto Blue Jays with a decision to make late Sunday afternoon. They could wait until another plane arrived for the short flight to Orange County ahead of their series with the Los Angeles Angels, or they could hit the road for a roughly 5½-hour drive west. 

Once a player vote landed on buses, Dylan Cease was put on a commercial flight to ensure an optimal night of rest before his start Monday night and he arrived around 9:30 p.m., some three hours before his teammates.

“He got in at a really reasonable time,” said manager John Schneider, who was midway through the journey when Cease touched down. “I was like, 'awesome. I'm going to sit here and stare at the fence.'”

How much the more convenient travel helped Cease is impossible to measure, although it couldn’t have hurt on a night he threw a season-high 110 pitches in just five innings while striking out 12, the........

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