JAYS SUNDAY NOTES FROM NEW YORK

May 01, 2011

MONDAY Off Day at Tampa

TUESDAY at Rays, 6:40 p.m. LH Jo-Jo Reyes (0-2, 5.48) vs. RH Wade Davis (3-2, 2.73)

TV: SNET RADIO: FAN 590

WEDNESDAY at Rays, 6:40 p.m. RH Brandon Morrow(0-1, 3.97) vs. RH Jeff Niemann (1-3, 5.60)

TV: SNET-1 RADIO: FAN 590

Thursday at Rays, 1:10 p.m. LH Ricky Romero (2-3, 3.00) vs. RH Jeremy Hellickson (2-2, 4.31)

TV: SNET RADIO: FAN 590

BAUTISTA NAMED JAYS PLAYER-OF-THE-MONTH

In a unanimous vote collected by the Toronto Chapter of the BBWAA, right fielder Jose Bautista was named Honda's April Player-of-the-Month for the Jays.

Bautista had 30 hits and 28 walks with an on-base average of .532 in 24 games. He hit .366, with nine homers, 15 RBIs and a 1.312 OPS.

AARON HILL LOOKS TO PLAY ON FRIDAY

The injured Aaron Hill is feeling much better with his right leg injury and is hoping to fly home from Tampa with the Jays and be activated on Friday. Hill has been out since April 19 when he slid head first into second on a stolen base and injured his right thigh just above the knee.

“He hopes to be back in the lineup later this week,” Farrell said. “He's going to get into some (Dunedin) games, probably by mid-week. He'll get a couple of games in before he gets back with us.”

Meanwhile, Jayson Nix is still experiencing soreness in his left shin and his return is uncertain.

DOWN ON THE FARM

AAA-Las Vegas (9-14) on Saturday lost to Sacramento 5-4. LF Travis Snider was 4-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Former Jays farmhand, Canadian Trystan Magnuson picked up the save (#2).

AA-New Hampshire (11-8) lost to Trenton 4-1 on Saturday. CF Anthony Gose was 3-for-4 with two steals. RH Joel Carreno took the loss.

A-Dunedin (8-18) lost to Daytona 4-2 on Saturday. RH Deck McGuire was the loser (6.1 IP; 3H; 4R; 3ER; 3BB; 3SO).

A-Lansing (15-7) beat Western Michigan 2-0 on Saturday. RH Casey Lawrence pitched six shutout innings, while LF Marcus Knecht was 2-for-4 with his second homer.

Posted by Richard Griffin at 02:15:08 PM in Blue Jays

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Richard Griffin began working for the Star as baseball columnist on Feb.13, 1995. Griffin began his career in major-league baseball with the Montreal Expos in 1973 while attending Concordia University. He became director of publicity in 1978. Griffin is in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown as '93 winner of the Robert O. Fishel Award and has been at all or part of every World Series since 1978.

May 01, 2011