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Sanchez nearing return to rotation

TORONTO -- Aaron Sanchez passed what was likely his final test in returning from the disabled list on Friday, throwing a side session with no pain or setbacks. Prior to the game, manager John Gibbons said that doing so would line Sanchez up to start Sunday's series finale against Tampa Bay.

Sanchez was placed on the 10-day DL with a blister on his middle finger after his April 14th start, but a procedure to remove part of that fingernail appears to have remedied the issue for now.

"Everything was good," Sanchez said. "The mechanics were good.