Brandon Morrow gets eight days off after 137-pitch outing

Doing their best to take care of a young starter who was just extended far beyond his usual limits, the Blue Jays have pushed Brandon Morrow’s next outing back to Aug. 17, meaning he’ll work on eight days’ rest. Morrow threw a career-high 137 pitches in his brilliant one-hitter Sunday against the Rays. To help out, the Blue Jays will recall Marc Rzepczynski to start Friday in Morrow’s spot. Brad Mills will be sent down after he pitches Thursday, though he figures to rejoin the rotation later this month. Going into Sunday, Morrow’s career high for pitches was 116, which came against the Yankees back on July 4. The Blue Jays will probably be careful with Morrow in September, too. The 26-year-old former reliever is currently up to 127 1/3 innings. He threw 124 2/3 innings between Triple-A and the majors last year, and the Blue Jays probably won’t want him go much higher than 160 this year. That could lead to him being shut down for the final two or three weeks.