Daulton Varsho Undergoes Wrist Surgery, Starting a Long Rehab Clock

Daulton Varsho is officially heading to the operating table for wrist surgery, ending his season and starting a long rehab clock.

MLB Trade Rumors dropped the news late Wednesday that the outfielder is getting his wrist repaired. If there is one body part a professional hitter needs functioning at full capacity, it is the wrists.

"MLB Trade Rumors reported the surgery late Wednesday."

Trying to hit major-league pitching with a compromised wrist is basically like trying to chop down a tree with a butter knife. (For context: hitting a baseball is already statistically impossible, doing it without fully functioning wrists is just cruel.)

It saps your power, ruins your bat speed, and makes every swing feel like a mistake.

The Toronto Blue Jays just wrapped up a series against the Cincinnati Reds, taking two out of three games, but they will have to navigate the rest of the schedule without one of the best defensive outfielders in baseball.

Wrist surgeries are notoriously tricky for hitters. You do not just wake up from anesthesia and immediately start turning on 97 mph fastballs again.

It usually takes a full offseason of tedious rehab before a player even feels normal taking dry swings in an empty batting cage.

Now the waiting game begins. The obvious goal is for Varsho to be fully cleared by the time pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training.

Until then, anyone looking at future lineup projections or early-season futures for next year should probably bake a little caution into their math.