Daulton Varsho's walk-off grand slam is biggest swing of Blue Jays season originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Toronto Blue Jays were on the verge of losing to the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays, again.
It was going to be just another example that, at least in the early going, the Jays have been a bit off the pace in the challenging division.
Instead, Daulton Varsho stepped into the box down two with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th.
And he lined a walk-off grand slam.
It was a rare opposite field blast for Varsho, and it was made all the better by being caught in the bullpen by Blue Jays reliever Yariel Rodriguez:
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It's about as special a moment as Varsho could've drawn up for mid-May.
The Blue Jays have had a big of an early-season hangover after making it to Game 7 of the World Series last season.
Injuries haven't helped. Losing Bo Bichette maybe wasn't ideal, either.
The Blue Jays didn't start last season strong either, though, and so maybe they just needed a moment to start the turnaround.
This certainly feels like that moment.
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