The Blue Jays have been one of baseball's hottest teams in June and the club could get some key contributors back from injury soon.

Despite Scherzer's absence, the Blue Jays have mostly been solid this season. They are 38-30 and are just 4.5 games behind the New York Yankees for the AL East lead. Still, their pitching has been up-and-down all season, and they would likely benefit from Scherzer's return.

Max Scherzer gave up two runs and struck out four in 4 1/3 innings in his first Triple-A rehab start since suffering inflammation in his right thumb.