Daulton Varsho building up for Blue Jays' opening day return.

«There's more boxes to check, like throwing to the bases on back-to-back days,» Schneider said. «This was another good day for him, throwing out to 120 feet, so I think it's more about how he's rebounding from those once he does start throwing to the bases and getting into games.We're trying to take this in three- or four-day buckets. He's progressing well. I don't want to put anything past him or say [Opening Day is] not a definite possibility. It will go right down to the end as long as he doesn't have any setbacks. If he's there, great. If he's not, we know he's going to be soon.»

«You're trying to get intensity so that when you do back up, you're not using the bigger muscles, you're using your rotator cuff again, your labrum, to be able to finish and be able to do what I want to do, spin the ball correctly, instead of pushing it,» Varsho said to Sportsnet's Shi Davidi. «We'll eventually get to where we need to stretch it out.»

«This process helped me slow down with my swing, understand my moves a little bit more, understand my mechanics. I took it for granted that I was doing certain things,» Varsho added. «Like understanding how to throw a baseball correctly - you're reteaching yourself how to throw. Hitting in the box, what are the moves I'm doing, so that when I go through funks during a season, I have something to go back to, slow me back down and this is what I need to do, A, B and C, to be able to get through it. The rehab helped me helped me with, it's okay to relax and reset and get back to being grounded and normal.»