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Adam Lind News & Rumors

Adam Lind off to hot start with Blue Jays' Vegas affiliate
May 24
Toronto Star
 
"Adam Lind has some hot hands in Vegas, but not because he's found a lucky streak at the card table. The first baseman, demoted to Triple-A after struggling with the Blue Jays, was batting .500 after three games with the Las Vegas 51s. Long before each of those games, Lind walked to the batting cage for extra hitting. Those cages are down the side of the parking lot at Cashman Field, several hundred feet from the 51s clubhouse. Lind used to stroll along air-conditioned hallways to reach the cages inside the Rogers Centre. In Vegas, that walk is outdoors in 40C heat over blistering pavement. "Yeah, it's over 100 degrees (F) out there, and then they come back for regular batting practice"
Jays demote struggling Lind
May 17
Toronto Sun
 
"The Toronto Blue Jays' patience for Adam Lind to snap out of his hitting slump finally ran out Thursday as the 28-year-old first baseman was optioned to Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League. His roster spot with Toronto will be filled by Yan Gomes, who would become the first Brazilian-born player to appear in a major-league game. Lind, 28, is batting .186 (22-118) this season with six doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI in 34 games. The 6-2, 212-pound left-handed hitter has 14 walks, 24 strikeouts and an on-base plus slugging percentage of .586."
Lind pays Price for bad start
May 16
Toronto Sun
 
"At the moment, Blue Jays manager John Farrell's focus is on getting Adam Lind's bat jump-started, but he indicated Tuesday that the overall team production is the most important part of the big picture. The two pursuits may be running counter to each other. Lind was out of the Blue Jays lineup Tuesday, as was catcher J.P. Arencibia, against tough lefty David Price. "It's not just the first 36 games of this season but the last couple of months of last year as well where the production has been less than his standard," said Farrell of Lind, who is hitting .184 with an OPS under .600. "He continues to work to gain some rhythm to get a consistent approach at the plate. We've tried to look at"
Lind returns to cleanup role
May 15
Toronto Sun
 
"Dropped from the cleanup spot last week in Oakland, Adam Lind was back in the No. 4 spot Monday because of his track record against Tampa Bay righthander Jeff Niemann. Going into Monday's game, Lind was 13-for-28 (.464) with 3 HR, 9 RBI, an on-base percentage of .531 and a slugging percentage of .929. "He's had good success against Niemann," Blue Jays manager John Farrell said. "He's been one of our better performers against him. We wanted to split up the righthand (hitters) as well. I've seen a little bit better rhythm in his swing, particularly in the set-up. He's got some movement in his hands, he drove in some runs on the west coast and hopefully he has a chance to build on that. "I"
Bautista, Lind and bullpen in rut
April 17
Toronto Sun
 
"The Blue Jays are nine games into their season of hope and not a whole lot has gone the way the sage pundits scripted. The rotation, especially the back half, was supposed to be the great weak underbelly of whatever the season would produce but to this point, said rotation has been its strength. Ricky Romero and Brandon Morrow, as expected, have been strong through their first two starts. Equally as impressive and satisfying have been the outings of Henderson Alvarez (0-0, 2.77) and Kyle Drabek (2-0, 1.42) in their four combined starts. The Jays have yet to figure out who their fifth starter will be but to date with the starters it's been so far, so good. After that group the problems"
Jays' Lind's got his back up
March 29
Toronto Sun
 
"Adam Lind didn't mince his words. "It sucks," the Blue Jays first baseman said Wednesday morning following a bout of lower back pain Tuesday evening that led to him being scratched from the game against the Yankees. The problem surfaced in batting practice. Back issues are never welcomed and what makes it 'suck' in Lind's case is that lower back pain placed him on the disabled list last season (May 17-June 3) and was something of an issue the remainder of the season. Lind will be shut down for the next two days while the Jays hold their breath. They and Lind don't think it's as big a deal as last year but the fact that it popped up again has got to be worrisome. "I was having trouble"
Griffin: Blue Jays clobber Rays to avoid sweep
August 30
Toronto Star
 
"The last time Don Wakamatsu could claim victory as a major-league manager, the next day he was fired by the Mariners, Aug. 9, 2010. That was then. The Jays' current bench coach is happily removed from that unpleasantness, clearly able to savour the 7-3 win over the Rays on Monday, his first victory as interim manager replacing pneumonia-stricken bench boss John Farrell. Wakamatsu had lost three straight to the Rays, searching for a stopper in his rotation. "I hope it helps John sleep at night," Wakamatsu said. "That was our biggest thing. We talked about it as a club a little bit. Getting one for him. Getting back on the horse a little bit and having a good flight into Baltimore." The Jays"
Jays eyeing Tuesday for Lind's return to lineup
August 22
Toronto Star
 
"Jays cleanup hitter Adam Lind missed Sunday's game with an injury on his right wrist, but the club hopes that with an off-day Monday, their first baseman will have recovered in time for Tuesday's home series against Kansas City. "He took swings in the cage, soft toss (batting practice) and he's still feeling it," Jays manager John Farrell said of Lind, who was plunked on the right wrist in the first inning of Saturday's game, and officially came out of the game prior to the third inning. "So we're giving him the day off (Sunday) and with an off-day (Monday), we'll look for him on Tuesday back home." Lind was taken to a local hospital for X-rays Saturday evening and the images came back"
Lind powers Blue Jays past Angels
August 14
Toronto Sun
 
"In an effort to snap his team out of their current doldrums, Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell had three of his main cogs take the day off. Sitting on the bench for the Saturday matinee against the Los Angeles Angels and not having to face right-hander Jered Weaver — lucky them — were Jose Bautista, Colby Rasmus and Aaron Hill. All three players have been slumping badly at the plate as of late and the feeling was a day off may prove to be reinvigorating what with the Dog Days of August and all. We'll have to wait and see how the rested players bounce back. Meanwhile, the remaining troops performed beyond the call of duty as they hung an 11-2 thumping on the Angels and the 'ace' of"
Jays' Lind to get a little vacation
July 31
Toronto Star
 
"Adam Lind is getting a little break. With an off-day coming on Monday, the Jays plan to give their first baseman Sunday off as well, providing him with a much-needed break. Jays manager John Farrell said his first basemen will likely benefit from the minivacation. "He's been going at it regularly and I think at this point of time in the year, he's deserving. And by the way things have gone, (he) needs to get his legs back underneath him," Farrell said before Lind was the team's designated hitter in Saturday's game against the Texas Rangers."
Lind worries disappear
July 26
Toronto Sun
 
"One of the urgent off-season issues for the Jays last winter involved how well Adam Lind would adapt to playing first base on a regular basis. It was an especially thorny issue because the few games he had played there down the stretch in 2010 were ... well, not pretty. Now, nearly five months removed from the start of spring training, you can deposit all those concerns in the "Don't Worry, Be Happy" file. The Jays were hopeful Lind would be close to major-league average as a fielder in 2011. He has surpassed those modest expectations, having made just four errors. The greatest compliment to Lind's progress is that nobody ever mentions the issue any more. "Anytime players go unnoticed,"
Lind homers for fourth consecutive game as Jays nip Reds 3-2
June 18
Toronto Star
 
"The Jays were outplayed by the Reds through the first six innings Friday night at the Great American Ballpark, but still found a way to win. In the seventh, trailing by a run, the Jays used a combination of lightning and thunder from Cory Patterson, a hit-by-pitch and a steal, from Jose Bautista, a long double to centre, and finally from Adam Lind, a huge homer for the fourth consecutive game that led to a 3-2 win in the first game of the series and the road trip. "When you have that kind of swing and you swing at strikes as he's doing, that type of a swing and that kind of power can produce the results he's getting," manager John Farrell said of his cleanup hitter. "When Adam came back"
Adam Lind's homer saves day for Jays
June 15
The Globe and Mail
 
"It was an often laborious three hour and 47 minute affair that featured 11 pitchers, some boneheaded plays, and a huge walk-off home run by Adam Lind that won it for the Toronto Blue Jays in 12 innings. For Toronto manager John Farrell, who had to parade a total of five relievers into the game before the 6-5 verdict was reached over the Baltimore Orioles at Rogers Centre on Tuesday night, it was all worth it in the end. "Winning a Major League Baseball game is not that easy," said Farrell, who should know. His Blue Jays came into the contest losers of four in a row, including three to the division-leading Boston Red Sox who outscored Toronto 35-5 over the weekend set in Toronto. The Blue"
Lind's homer allows Jays to walk off with a win
June 15
Toronto Sun
 
"Maybe if Kyle Drabek could channel a little more Carlos Villanueva and a little less Nuke LaLoosh, he wouldn't be heading to Las Vegas to sort things out. While Drabek was winging his way to Nevada Tuesday, unheralded Villanueva was delivering the kind of solid, unruffled performance the Jays are hoping will one day be second-nature to their talented rookie. As good as he was, Villanueva was just a footnote when Adam Lind's walk-off solo home run leading off the bottom of the 11th gave Toronto a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. It was Lind's 12th home run of the year and came on a 1-0 pitch delivered by reliever Koji Uehara. "He hung a splitter and I hit it right on the sweet spot,""
Lind denies K.C. stare
June 11
Toronto Sun
 
"Adam Lind said he wasn't staring into the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday after Jose Bautista was walked intentionally and Lind responded with a grand slam. "I wouldn't do that, maybe you get a little insulted or use it as motivation when they walk someone to get to you," Lind said. "But no way would I ever stare into their dugout."
Lind's sweet swing leads Jays over Royals
June 9
Toronto Sun
 
"Adam Lind's swing is so sweet these days that diabetics should be banned from watching it. In his past four games after returning this past Saturday from a prolonged stint on the disabled list, Lind has crashed four home runs including a grand slam to centre field Wednesday against the reeling Kansas City Royals. The slam, the second of Lind's career, came on the second pitch he saw from reliever Nate Adcock in the sixth inning and shot the Jays out to a 9-4 lead in a game they would win 9-8 by the skin of their teeth. Octovio Dotel would give up a three-run homer in the eighth to make it a two-run game and in the ninth Casey Janssen came on and gave up a two-out RBI double before retiring"
Lind has Bautista's back
June 7
Toronto Sun
 
"When the Blue Jays played in Baltimore on the weekend, the Orioles paid Jose Bautista the ultimate compliment: They didn't give him anything to hit. The Jays slugger was just 1-for-9 in the series and also was walked five times — once intentionally. Bautista was so hot there for a while that you can't blame a manager such as the Orioles' Buck Showalter for not challenging him. The only way to force teams to pitch to Bautista is for the hitters behind him to produce and that's what the Jays are hoping will happen now that Adam Lind is back in the lineup and batting behind Bautista in the cleanup spot. "That would be the first thought," manager John Farrell said. "We might also give Corey"
Lind back with a bang
June 6
Toronto Sun
 
"Well, that didn't take long. It turned out that one game was all that Adam Lind needed to find his stroke. Out of the Blue Jays lineup since forced to come out of a May 7 game because of lower back pain, Lind returned from his first stint on the disabled list on Saturday and was 0-for-3 with a walk. His outs were two ground balls to second and a strikeout. Before the back issues surfaced, Lind was a hitting machine, hitting safely in 15 of 17 games going .388 (26-for-67) with six homers and 18 RBIs. The question upon his return was how long would it take for him to get back into a groove? That question was answered Sunday as Lind went 4-for-4 with three RBIs, including solo home runs in"
Lind clubs pair of homers as Jays down Orioles 7-4
June 6
Toronto Star
 
"If the overall power the Jays displayed this weekend in Baltimore remains consistent, they could be a "team to beat" — despite the injury setback to young hopeful Brett Lawrie. "When this team starts swinging the bats the way we're capable, we'll be a team to beat," first baseman Adam Lind said after clubbing two homers to help pace Toronto's three-homer, 11-hit attack on the Orioles that netted a 7-4 win at Camden Yards. Lawrie was placed on the seven-day disabled list Sunday (retroactive to June 2) with a left wrist injury. That dampened expectations among fans and critics alike, all awaiting what was the imminent arrival of the power-hitting Canadian into the Jays' already powerful"
Adam Lind could return later this week
May 31
Toronto Sun
 
"Adam Lind tripled, singled, walked and struck out in four extended spring training at-bats Monday, taking another step toward a return to the Blue Jay lineup. Sidelined for 22 days by a sore lower back, Lind is working toward rejoining the Jays for their next road trip to Baltimore and Kansas City starting Monday. "He's likely to go through a similar extended game (Tuesday)," said manager John Farrell. "Provided there's still the same progression that we're seeing, we'll then get him at-bats with Dunedin in the Florida State League."
Lind progressing, yet to appear in rehab game
May 28
MLB.com
 
"The Blue Jays are optimistic that Adam Lind will be able to return to the club's lineup by the end of next week. Lind hasn't played since May 7 because of tightness in his lower back. He is currently rehabbing at the club's Minor League complex in Florida, but has yet to appear in a game. The 27-year-old was originally scheduled to start at designated hitter in an extended spring training game on Saturday, but that was pushed back until Monday to accommodate a revised workout routine."
Jays' McDonald, Encarnacion and Lind out for Friday game
May 28
Toronto Star
 
"The Blue Jays injury list this season has been a constantly updated affair, with multiple players coming and going, and Friday night was no different. Toronto manager John Farrell said infielder John McDonald is listed as day to day with a hamstring problem while third baseman-DH Edwin Encarnacion is suffering from a foot injury. That meant Farrell was left with one bench player - Eric Thames - for Friday's game against Chicago, but Farrell is now accustomed to that situation."
Blue Jays cautious with Lind's rehab
May 24
Toronto Sun
 
"Adam Lind is slowly moving toward a return to the Blue Jays, as he tries to overcome lower back soreness. "(Sunday) he took 50 swings and ran in the pool for an additional 20 minutes," said manager John Farrell. Baseball activities will continue to increase. Everything points to him getting some DH at-bats Wednesday in extended spring training. "At that point, we'll determine how many more at-bats he'll need and how he's responding to the added intensity in games."
Lind to be out longer than expected
May 20
MLB.com
 
"First baseman Adam Lind is expected to miss at least 10 more days because of the injury to his lower back. Lind was tentatively scheduled to return from the 15-day disabled list on Monday, but his rehab will take longer than expected. The 27-year-old hasn't played since May 7 after being removed from a game with tightness in his lower back, and he has been dealing with spasms."
Jays' Lind goes on DL
May 17
Toronto Sun
 
"Following their victory Monday, the Blue Jays decided to bite the bullet and placed 1B Adam Lind on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 8. Lind hasn't played since May 7, when he left the game in the sixth inning with lower back pain. Replacing Lind on the roster will be OF Eric Thames, who was impressive in spring training and is hitting .342 with six homers and 30 RBIs in 36 games at triple-A Las Vegas. To make room on the 40-man roster with the promotion of Thames, the Jays designated injured RHP Rob Ray for assignment. "It's responding, yet he still doesn't feel completely confident when it comes to making the plays defensively at first," manager John Farrell said of Lind. "He"
Adam Lind to sit out opener against the Tigers
May 16
Toronto Sun
 
"Adam Lind, who has missed the past seven games because of pain in his lower back, had been told he will not play in Monday night's opening game in Detroit also. The news came as a surprise to Lind who went through a series of drills and test during Sunday's game, passed them all and felt no additional pain. "I'm a little disappointed," Lind said. "I went hard today." Before the game Lind was all smiles and believed he had turned a corner and the thinking is the Jays are just being cautious."
Back healing, Lind could return to lineup Friday
May 12
MLB.com
 
"Adam Lind continues to progress through rehabilitation for his lower back injury and could be back in the lineup as soon as Friday. The 27-year-old has missed the Blue Jays' last three games with the ailment after leaving Saturday's game against the Tigers in the seventh inning. Lind has been receiving a number of treatments, including acupuncture and anti-inflammatory medication, which finally began to set in over the past two days. He played catch before Wednesday's game and was scheduled to hit off a tee as well."
Lind might visit DL
May 11
Toronto Sun
 
"Adam Lind is getting better: He was able to get into his pants Tuesday without dialing 911 for assistance. "(Monday) I could walk but it wasn't pretty. Today I can and I think I'm almost symmetric; straight up and down. I'm getting better," Lind said Tuesday, prior to the Jays' series opener against Boston. How close Lind is to getting back into a Blue Jays uniform is another matter. He is being treated for back spasms with acupuncture, massage and medication but now has missed three games. The club was plotting whether to put him on the disabled list. That would allow manager John Farrell to call up a replacement from the minors to help a depleted bench that consisted of only catcher Jose"
Lind's back woes back
May 10
Toronto Sun
 
"On Sunday, a relaxed Adam Lind predicted that he would be back in the lineup for Monday's game as his lower back pain was responding to treatment. But Monday arrived and Lind instead suffered back spasms and was headed for an MRI and not a return to the lineup. "He's not available, he's still the same as yesterday (Sunday) and I haven't seen much improvement," Jays manager John Farrell said Monday prior to the Tigers-Jays game. "It's day-to-day right now. He is symptom-free when it comes to neurological, but the spasms are strong." Given the wonky nature of backs — they tend to get worse before they get better — Lind looks to be heading for a stint on the disabled list."
Jays lose again, but getting healthier
May 9
Toronto Star
 
"The Blue Jays wrap up a four-game set with the Tigers Monday night with what could be their first fully healthy lineup since opening day. Adam Lind, who missed Sunday's 5-2 loss to Detroit with lower back pains, expects to play Monday. Lind's presence, combined with the return from injury of Jose Bautista and Aaron Hill on Sunday, gives the Jays a platform of hope for a better overall performance from the team. Right now, that team, while riddled with injuries for most of this season, remains inconsistent at best. There are mounting troubles on offence and the starting staff, despite the return of Brandon Morrow, has produced only a couple of dominating performances over the past several"
Bautista, Hill make return for Jays as Lind sits out with back pain
May 9
Toronto Sun
 
"Aaron Hill is back. Ditto for Jose Bautista. Adam Lind? Well, what does the Meatloaf song say -- Two Out of Three Ain't Bad. While the top two mentioned players were back in the Blue Jays lineup Sunday from various ailments -- a hamstring issue that put Hill on the DL, a stiff neck that placed Bautista on the shelf for the past five games -- Lind was on the pine because of lower back pain. It has been a recurring theme, more of a nightmare really for manager John Farrell as it seems that a day can't go by this season without one of his key cogs being on the sidelines or on the limp. In fact, of the 34 games the Jays have played to date, they have had all of 13 where Hill, Bautista and Lind"
Jays activate Hill; Bautista on pace to return Sunday
May 8
Toronto Star
 
"The Jays will assess slugger Jose Bautista Sunday morning before determining if he is sound enough to return to the lineup. Bautista, who has missed the last six games with a stiff neck, took hitting practice in the hitting cages and ran on the field Saturday to test himself against his injury. Manager John Farrell said the activity did not reproduce any of the pain Bautista experienced when he suffered the injury a week ago in New York."
Lind and Morrow combine to help Jays down Rays
May 5
Toronto Star
 
"In the seventh inning, after removing starter Brandon Morrow with two Rays on base and the tying run at first, manager John Farrell got into it with home plate umpire Chad Fairchild and was ejected, his first time as Jays manager. "I asked where the location of the two-strike breaking ball to (John) Jaso was, before he singled to right," Farrell said. "I wasn't argumentative by any means. He said, 'Are you arguing balls and strikes?' I said no. At that point he said, 'You're gone.'" One out later, when the umpires changed a fielder's choice into an inning-ending double-play, Rays manager Joe Maddon joined him. For the fiery Rays skipper, it was his 18th ejection."
Lind's bat explodes in win over Rangers
April 27
Toronto Sun
 
"Just a few miles south of the Dallas area, Texans were running for their storm cellars again Tuesday as another round of tornado warnings kept the whole state on edge. Meanwhile, at Rangers Stadium, not a drop of rain fell for the second day in a row and the only thunder was the sound of the Blue Jay bats drumming on the Rangers for the second night in a row. The Jays scored five runs off Texas starter Matt Harrison before Jesse Litsch even took the mound for Toronto on their way to a 10-3 victory. Toronto won the opener of this four-game series 6-4 on Monday. Adam Lind, who came into the game with eight hits — just one of them for extra bases — in his last 50 at-bats, pounded out two home"
Jays' Adam Lind still learning to bust right moves at first base
March 30
Toronto Star
 columnist Cathal Kelly
"A hard-hit ball reaches first base in a third of a second. Adam Lind, the Blue Jays first baseman doing on-the-job training, has a lot to think about in that time. First, he must fight the urge to square his body so that the ball is headed toward the centre of his mass. Whether off a right- or left-handed bat, a groundball to first tends to tail away toward the foul line. Lind must move to his left so that his right foot is lined up with the ball's initial path."
Jays need Butter to soften Lind's hands
February 25
Toronto Star
 columnist Richard Griffin
"It was just a routine bouncer off the bat of rookie Eric Thames late in the first intrasquad game of the spring. New first baseman Adam Lind tentatively went to one knee to make the play. The ball came up a little, but Lind knocked it down, kept it in front of him and made the flip to Joel Carreno covering. At this point in the defensive conversion of Lind, the former outfielder/DH, it's not a job, it's an adventure. If the Jays are going to succeed, the defence must come through and right now the Lind experiment is the biggest trickle-down issue on the minds of management. "I think it's important," GM Alex Anthopoulos said. "But there are people that point to the Giants last year and say,"
At first, Jays' Lind looks good
February 23
Toronto Sun
 
"A couple of weeks of intensive field work around the bag does not a major-league first baseman make, but Adam Lind has not looked at all out of place so far. After a couple of seasons as a DH and as a left fielder before that, Lind is coming back to the position he played as a kid and in college. There's a steep learning curve involved and the true apprenticeship won't begin until he's in game situations but he relishes the challenge. "I just feel so much more valuable to the team right now, even though we haven't even played a game yet," said Lind Tuesday. "The work I've been doing, with everyone chattering ... Escobar, Hill, I've got a good group of guys out there who won't let too many"
Five Jays who could be difference makers
February 14
Toronto Star
 columnist Richard Griffin
"The 2011 Jays will hit the field for the first day of pitcher and catcher workouts on Monday morning. Yes, spring has arrived and a young fan's fancy turns to thoughts of . . . well, to who exactly is likely to make a difference with this team, if they are to finish above .500. It may seem like mere semantics, but the question of the Jays' "difference maker" is far different than who is projected to be team's MVP or the club's best pitcher. There are some areas around the diamond where the team is deeper than others, areas in which an injury or a contra-performance would not have significant long-term impact. There's the bullpen, where if one of the Jays' closer-guys fails, there are three"
Jays fans putting their faith in the future
January 29
Toronto Star
 columnist Richard Griffin
"If the Jays were ever seeking direction for their State of the Franchise event on Thursday, in which they hosted 500 ticket holders at the Rogers Centre, they needed look no further than two days earlier when President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union to a skeptical American audience. Obama's message included the advice to stay positive, remain financially responsible and take control of the future — sounding the same basic message as the Jays' three-man panel of president Paul Beeston, GM Alex Anthopoulos and manager John Farrell, alongside Hall-of-Famer Roberto Alomar. Seated comfortably in lounge chairs atop the third-base dugout facing their inquisitors, it was Beeston and"
Jays not giving up on Lind
October 5
Toronto Sun
 
"Adam Lind may not be ready for prime time as a first baseman but Alex Anthopoulos isn't ready to give up on that experiment. With slick-fielding Lyle Overbay about to become a free agent, the Jays are unlikely to re-sign him and Lind had been considered an option but in several auditions during the 2010 season, did not impress with his glove. "I don't think we can be convinced because we haven't seen him play the position long enough," Anthopoulos said. "He made strides but at the same time you saw his inexperience as well. I think it was too small a sample size to make a determination. Those are things we can continue to debate as we get to the off-season. It comes down to what the"
Lind, Jays avoid sweep against Rays
September 13
Toronto Sun
 
"Adam Lind's two-run homer off Rafael Soriano in the ninth inning lifted Toronto over the AL wild-card leading Rays, 5-4. B.J. Upton hit a sacrifice fly to score Brad Hawpe in the top of the ninth to give the Rays the lead, and Soriano (2-2) came in to close out the potential three-game sweep. The Jays had other plans, however, as Lind followed Aaron Hill's leadoff single with a no-doubter over the right-field wall, ending Toronto's four-game skid. The loss leaves Tampa Bay a full game behind the AL East-leading Yankees, who are in action in Texas. The Rays open a three-game home series with New York on Monday, the first of seven games between the contenders over the next 11 days. Kevin"
Rafael Soriano has rare blown save as Tampa Bay Rays lose 5-4 to Toronto Blue Jays
September 13
St. Petersburg Times
 
"Rafael Soriano's problems started Saturday night in his hotel room, when he tossed and turned and slept only a few hours. The Rays' All-Star closer still didn't feel well overall Sunday morning when he showed up at the Rogers Centre, but asking for the day off wasn't a consideration. "That would not be me," Soriano said later. "I tried to go and do the best that I can." But Sunday, unlike so many other days during his remarkable season, Soriano wasn't good enough, allowing a two-run walkoff homer to Adam Lind in the ninth inning. And what, with the Yankees' later loss, would have been a victory that propelled the Rays back into first place instead became a stunning 5-4 loss. "It just"
Jays' Hill, Lind searching for magic
August 26
Toronto Sun
 
"year ago, Aaron Hill and Adam Lind were the glue that held the Blue Jays offence together, combining for 71 homers and 222 RBI. Hard to imagine that, five months into this season, both players are still trying to recapture even some of that magic. Hill went into Tuesday's game hitting .206, Lind at .234, both with power numbers cut in half from last year. While Lind is showing signs of a recovery, for Hill, the struggle has deepened. They started the season with Hill as the No. 2 hitter and Lind at No. 3 because manager Cito Gaston didn't want to mess with last season's karma. Two months into the season, Hill was hitting .179 and Lind was at .174 when Gaston moved Lind down to five and"
Adam Lind likely to get to first base with Jays
July 31
Toronto Star
 columnist Richard Griffin
"Blue Jays rookie GM Alex Anthopoulos demonstrated over his first 10 months that he seems to be thinking at least one personnel move ahead of any roster shuffle. No hole is created without having a solid idea who will fill it. As such, it seemed unlikely Anthopoulos would make a move as surprising to outsiders as the trade of 23-year-old stud Brett Wallace to the Astros without knowing the answer to the obvious question: "Who becomes the Jays' first baseman of the future?" With the trade deadline at 4 p.m. Saturday, Anthopoulos is constantly working the phones armed with a list of players he would be willing to part with in return for someone else's young, controllable players. But it was"
Dynamic duo beat Orioles
July 27
Toronto Sun
 
"It was '80s night at the ballpark but the Blue Jays didn't have to have such long memories to get a feel-good vibe. No, for one night at least, they were more than pleased to have it feel like 2009. You remember those good old days? When Adam Lind and Aaron Hill were belting everything they saw for base hits and home runs? Well, it was like that Monday night. Lind had three hits and Hill had a pair. It was only the second time this year they have combined for multi-hit games, something they did 21 times in 2009. They each homered for only the second time in the same game in 2010, something they did six times last year. And between them, they drove in five of Toronto's eight runs in an 9-5"
A sight for sore eyes
July 12
Toronto Sun
 
"The most heartwarming sign from Sunday's loss against the Red Sox for the Blue Jays wasn't the solid seven-inning outing by Jesse Litsch. Rather, it came in the Jays' half of the inning when, following a solid single by Adam Lind, Aaron Hill drove the next pitch from Daisuke Matsuzaka over the fence in left for a two-run homer. The sight of Hill and Lind greeting each other at home plate after a home run was a common occurrence last season, but the hitting woes of the two Golden Boys has reduced that occurrence to the same frequency as UFO sightings. "Hopefully, we'll see a lot of that in the second half," Hill said. The Jays (44-45) closed out the first half of the season with a 3-2 loss"
Jays shuffle the deck, come up aces
June 25
Toronto Star
 
"Aaron Hill and Adam Lind avoided heavy criticism while they remained in prolonged batting funks almost three months into the season. So much more was expected of the two 2009 standouts than paltry batting averages and single-digit home run totals, but their performances a year ago earned them a full measure of respect from critics and fans alike. But by Thursday night, Blue Jays Cito Gaston had seen enough. There was plenty of reason to drop the two struggling stars down in the batting order, and that's exactly what Gaston did for the finale of a three-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals. Lind responded with a homer — his first since May 31 — and Hill had an infield single in four"
Lind on the bench
June 15
Toronto Sun
 
"DH Adam Lind sat for the second time in the previous four interleague games. DeWayne Wise made his first start in left since rejoining the Jays and led off with a sharp single to centre. Wise had not started for the Jays since Sept. 26, 2002 against the Baltimore Orioles, when he went 0-for-3 with an RBI. Wise has not been with the Jays since the 2002 season. Who's still here that he remembers? "Well," said Wise looking around the room. "Vernon Wells ... Vernon ... Vernon ... and Figgy (batting practice pitcher Jesus Figueroa) and of course Cito Gaston." Wise was in left, Wells in centre and Jose Bautista in right. Fred Lewis missed the second straight game after fouling a ball off his"
Bullpen hides Lind's woes
June 8
Toronto Sun
 columnist Mike Rutsey
"In some respect, Adam Lind should offer some thanks to the stumbles and pratfalls that the Blue Jays bullpen went through in their last three defeats. Each of the losses came after the Jays had the lead and on all three occasions the collapse - two against Tampa Bay and Sunday against the New York Yankees - occurred in the limelight of the late innings. Overlooked was the performance, or lack of one, by Lind. The designated hitter is mired in the worst batting funk of his life. Lately, Lind is going so bad he couldn't have hit the water if he had thrown his hat while sitting in a canoe. With his two-walk, two-strikeout performance Sunday, Lind extended his hitless streak to 0-for-16 and"