The road back to Toronto starts today for Blue Jays' Anthony Santander

Blue Jays fans across Canada are excited at the notion that Anthony Santander will start on his path back to Toronto via a five-game rehabilitation stint in Buffalo today.

Santander has logged just 50 games this season, slashing .179/.273/.304 with a .577 OPS, six home runs, 18 RBIs, and five doubles.

Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins told the media during Santander's absence that the 30-year-old actually suffered a shoulder subluxation after running into the outfield wall during a three-game set in Anaheim against the Angels in early May.

As obvious as it may sound, if the Blue Jays are going to ultimately activate Santander, he has to be ready to hit the ground running once he puts that Blue Jays blue back on.

If and when he is ready for activation, Santander absolutely has a spot on this team. He's got the ability to blow a game open or get them back into it with one swing of the bat.

Even with the small sample size from earlier this season, he's put it on display for Blue Jays fans twice.

During an April 15th tilt against the Braves, Santander crushed a three-run homer off of Spencer Schwellenbach to push Toronto's lead from 3-1 to 6-1.

A couple of weeks after that, a three-run homer in the bottom of the 7th inning against the Red Sox would tie the game for the Blue Jays, and cap off a comeback from a six-run deficit.

Those are the moments for which the Blue Jays inked him to a five-year, $92.5 million contract last winter.

He can change the game with one swing of the bat, and now that games mean more than ever, the Blue Jays should be welcoming that ability with open arms.