Trio of Blue Jays on DL progressing

BOSTON — The Blue Jays have remained relatively healthy this season, but they’re not completely immune from the injury bug.

Toronto has three players — Brett Cecil, Troy Tulowitzki and Franklin Morales — on the disabled list. Josh Donaldson also has been battling a nagging right thumb injury, but he was in the lineup Sunday afternoon vs. Boston.

Blue Jays head athletic trainer George Poulis met with the media on Sunday morning to update the status for each of his injured players. Here’s the latest:

Cecil (15-day DL, torn lat) “Brett Cecil is down in Florida,” Poulis said. “He’s throwing from about 90 feet, and feeling really good. He’s really anxious to get going, so we’re just kind of keeping him in his lane, not really rushing things, because we just want to make sure that lat is feeling good. But he’s doing really good. We’re really optimistic on how he’s doing right now.

“It’s so hard to set any timelines, just because you just don’t know. He hasn’t even thrown off the mound yet, so it’s hard to set a timeline. Once he throws off a …

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