Vlad Guerrero Jr. has sore left wrist, out of Blue Jays lineup

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After a week in which he hit a pair of prodigious home runs, Blue Jays slugger Vlad Guerrero Jr. has been temporarily sidelined with an injury.

A little more than an hour before the scheduled start of the Jays’ road game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, the team announced that Guerrero was removed from the starting lineup because of left wrist discomfort.

The injury isn’t expected to keep Guerrero out of the lineup long, and he was in the dugout for his team’s 8-2 win.

Guerrero, who was riding a five-game hitting streak, hit a 450-foot home run — into the wind, no less — on Wednesday, a towering shot that cleared the Green Monster in left field at Fenway Park.

With an off-day Monday, there’s a good chance the Jays give Guerrero Sunday off to rest. He reportedly was nursing some discomfort on Friday, and when that persisted on Saturday, the Jays opted for a cautious approach.

The first baseman has seven homers and seven doubles and is hitting .318 for the Blue Jays this season. His 42 hits were second-most in the American League heading into Saturday action.

With Guerrero removed from the lineup, left fielder Daulton Varsho moved up to third in manager John Schneider’s order. Cavan Biggio was in the linuep at first base, while Brandon Belt was the DH and responded with an eventful night — two doubles, two walks and an ejection after commenting on a couple of strike calls that didn’t go his way.