TORONTO – If you were to do a ranking of injuries the Toronto Blue Jays are least equipped to backfill right now, Dylan Cease and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., in whatever order, are obvious picks to be among those at the very top of the list.

Losing either, let alone both, especially alongside the club’s many other injuries, is a nightmarish thought, one that threatened to become reality in the fifth inning of Sunday’s 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. 

In the top half, Cease shook out his legs after a 1-1 pitch to Spencer Horwitz, stayed in the game after a mound visit by........

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