Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista is scheduled to be in Dunedin, Fla., on Wednesdayto begin a rehab a signment with the team’s Single-A teamand could be Jacob Harris Jerseys back with Torontoas early as Monday, .
Bautista, 35, has been out since June 16 with turf toe. He’ll play for Dunedin on Wednesday and then a three-game series with Triple-A Buffalo over the weekend.
Head trainerGeorge Poulistold the Sunit’s aday-to-day proce s Bautista will DH in some games, take JuJu Hughes Jerseys his usual spot in right field in others but Jays manager John Gibbons was more definitive.
“If all’s good, you’ll probably see him Monday, I would gue s,” Gibbons said () before the Blue Jays’ 5-1 win Tuesday over the Diamondbacks in Phoenix.
In 65 games, Bautista is batting .230/.360 Austin Corbett Jerseys /.455with 12 home runs and 41 RBIs. He hopes to help a resurgent Blue Jays offense that has fully recovered from an early season lull. Since April, Toronto has increased Matthew Stafford Jerseys its team average from .232 to .284, over a fifty point increase.
The Blue Jays (53-41) are 1 1/2 games back of the first-place Orioles and a half-game behind the Red Sox.