Jays call up hot Lind from Syracuse

[#1 Jays Fan]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Adam Lind, who was hitting .356 with three home runs and 15 RBIs for triple-A Syracuse, was recalled Saturday by the Toronto Blue Jays and started in left field against the Kansas City Royals.

The 24-year-old Lind was the Blue Jays' third-round pick in 2004 out of the University of South Alabama. He had a .593 slugging percentage and .418 on-base percentage with Syracuse.

In 107 games with Toronto two years ago, Lind hit .260 with 13 home runs and 54 RBIs. He hit .238 with 11 home runs in 89 games last year, but struck out 65 times in 290 at-bats.

To make roster space for Lind, the Blue Jays optioned infielder Joe Inglett to Syracuse. Inglett hit .303 with four RBIs in 12 games.

[cagedgreat]

I'm happy that they finally decided to bring up Lind, but is it just me or is Riccardi an Idiot. Inglett is hitting .303, when there are a lot of other players that can't hit at all. It seems like a sideways move. Realistically, they should have ditched Mench, or Stewart, or Wilkerson.

Ughh...

[#1 Jays Fan]

yup, welcome to the forum cagedgreat. lets try to get more thread about the bluejays.

to answer your post i agree with you 100%, they did the right thing down sending him down to AAA after he was hitting .130. now all they have to do is put him playing everyday. we are going to have a great outfield in the next couple of years.

[suns]

blue jays r still terrible