By Scott Barancik, editor

When the Toronto Blue Jays selected outfielder Kevin Pillar in the 32nd round of the 2011 amateur draft, nobody expected him to speed through the club’s farm system.

But sprint he has. After averaging .313 or better at every level through Double-A, the 24-year-old Pillar joined the Jays’ Triple-A squad last week to become the team’s third-youngest player.

And by the looks of it, he’s not intimidated.

Yesterday, in just his sixth game with the Buffalo Bison, Pillar went 4-for-5 with four doubles. The eye-popping performance left him hitting .391 in Triple-A. And it left Jewish Baseball News wondering if the Cal State-Dominguez Hills alum — who hit a combined .323 last year with 6 HRs, 91 RBIs, and 51 stolen bases — just might get a big-league call up in September.

Year Tm Lev AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BA OBP
2011 Bluefield Rk 236 82 17 3 7 37 8 .347 .377
2012 2 Teams A-A+ 499 161 28 6 6 91 51 .323 .374
2012 Lansing A 335 108 20 4 5 57 35 .322 .390
2012 Dunedin A+ 164 53 8 2 1 34 16 .323 .339
2013 2 Teams AA-AAA 327 104 26 2 5 33 15 .318 .368
2013 New Hampshire AA 304 95 20 2 5 30 15 .313 .361
2013 Buffalo AAA 23 9 6 0 0 3 0 .391 .462
3 Seasons 1062 347 71 11 18 161 74 .327 .373
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/27/2013.

For more information on Kevin Pillar, see our interview with him from earlier this year, and get his daily stats by subscribing to our Facebook or Twitter feeds.

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