Prior to the Blue Jays’ Saturday afternoon game, the club made the expected decision to keep Chris Colabello with the triple-A Buffalo Bisons as his 10-day rehab assignment had ended.
After a quick stint with the advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays where Colabello went 3-for-19 in five games, he homered in his first game with Buffalo. His assignment went downhill from there, though, highlighted by a five strikeout game – the platinum sombrero – on Wednesday.
Between the two levels, Colabello hit .189 and struck out 16 times in 37 at-bats (four walks). Following a home run in his Buffalo debut, there was a real possibility that five games of dominant production could make the Blue Jays’ decision difficult.