MINNEAPOLIS — The final day of an April marked by near-constant roster churn came and went without any moves by the Toronto Blue Jays. Instead, manager John Schneider noted that Addison Barger’s return is on the horizon, the slugger due to run the bases Saturday before starting a rehab assignment with low-A Dunedin on Sunday. He could be active as soon as next week’s homestand versus the Los Angeles Angels and Tampa Bay Rays.

“He’s been hitting quite a bit (against) live pitching, so I don't think it's going to be crazy, two, three (games), see how he feels running back-to-back days,” said Schneider. “It's more so time on defence and running the bases. So at least a couple and go from there.”

Jose Berrios may be back by then, too, the Blue Jays still weighing whether to start him Sunday at Target Field, giving Trey Yesavage an extra day in the process, or have him make another rehab start with triple-A Buffalo. Either way, the instability caused by a chaotic month in which 19 of the 30 days included a transaction of some sort, totalling 48 different moves, continues to ebb, with the........

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