Blue Jays infielder Brett Lawrie moved to 60-day DL ending his 2014 season

Any small chance Brett Lawrie had of returning to the Blue Jays' lineup this season was eliminated when the 24-year-old infielder was moved from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.

Lawrie suffered a fractured finger on June 22 which sidelined him for just over a month. When he returned on August 5, he was pulled after one at-bat with back tightness and two days later he was placed on the DL with a strained oblique.

He finishes the year with a .301 OBP and 12 home runs in 70 games. Lawrie had a rough start to the season, hitting .192 with a .243 OBP in his first 26 games but rebounded in May and June posting an above average .333 OBP over those two months.

This marks the end of Lawrie's third full season in Toronto and it's been an up-and-down ride. He will have missed 184 games since the start of 2012 and this is the third time he's been hindered by an oblique injury.

When he's healthy, he's been an excellent defensive player while struggling to find consistency at the plate. For a team that's average defensively in general, Lawrie's absence was painfully obvious. He's shown flashes and put together hot streaks with the bat but has yet to put it all together at the major league level.

It all makes for an intriguing offseason as Lawrie is eligible for arbitration for the first time in his career. He can provide great value playing third base or second base and there's still reason to believe he can be an above average hitter if he can stay healthy. So far, that's proven to be a problem.

With rosters expanding from 25 to 40 at the start of September, the Jays activated right-hander Brandon Morrow and first baseman Dan Johnson from the DL. They also brought up Daniel Norris, Dalton Pompey, Ryan Goins, Anthony Gose, Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and George Kottaras from Triple-A Buffalo.

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