Brett Lawrie鈥檚 baseball regular season will likely begin in Las Vegas at the AAA level.

The 21-year-old from 91原创, who was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Milwaukee Brewers organization in the off-season, had a solid spring training with the Jays 鈥� he hit .282 (11-for-39) with two home runs and six RBIs in 17 Grapefruit League games 鈥� but on Wednesday the team sent him to their minor league camp.

鈥淭he fact is, we鈥檝e got an exciting young player in our system,鈥� Jays manager John Farrell said on the team鈥檚 website.

鈥淲hen he鈥檚 ready to come to the big leagues and be in the lineup every day, we feel like we鈥檙e going to have a player for a long, long time that鈥檚 going to be a productive one.鈥�

Lawrie is a Brookswood Secondary graduate and he played in the 91原创 Blaze system. He was a first round pick of the Brewers in the 2008 MLB Draft, and as the 16th overall pick, he is the highest-ever Canadian positional player selected.

Last year at the AA level, he hit .285 with eight home runs and 63 RBIs.