PT TODAY: Pillar returns to TOR outfield
Aug 23 2016
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| Blue Jays | Kevin Pillar begins rehab stint | |
| The Toronto Blue Jays have sent OF Kevin Pillar (thumb) on a rehab assignment to Class A Dunedin. Source: MLB.com | |
| BHQ take: And after going 6-for-7 in his two rehab games at Single-A, Pillar was activated from the disabled list and reinstalled in CF for the Blue Jays game on Aug. 23. His lack of walks (3% bb%) keeps him lower in the batting order, but his plus (83%) contact helps him take advantage of the Rogers Centre turf. Pillar's return pushes Melvin Upton out of CF and into a LF platoon with Ezequiel Carrera for the time being. Upton finally caught fire over... |
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