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Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said Friday that he wants to make sure Guerrero gets enough minor-league playing time in his rehab from the oblique injury he suffered during spring training.
"Our sense is it's sooner rather than later," Atkins said before the Jays' game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Rogers Centre."For a player that has played as much as he has, that's had as much success as he's had, now it's about getting built up and getting into regular-season form and being hopefully ready to make a debut at some point soon.
Guerrero, the No. 1 prospect in baseball, had his spring training cut short after suffering the oblique injury on March 10. He made his triple-A season debut Thursday with the Buffalo Bisons, going 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk and four runs batted in against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Asked if the team was looking for improved defence from Guerrero at third base before calling him up, Atkins said he was more interested in his development as a whole.
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