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Toronto Blue Jays\' Jose Bautista stretches before a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Bautista, who hasn’t played since July 16 because of a left wrist injury, is scheduled to start in tonight\'s game. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista will have season-ending surgery on tendon in left wrist

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista will have season-ending surgery to stabilize a tendon in his left wrist.

Bautista said before Tuesday night’s game against the New York Yankees that he would be ready to play long before the start of spring training next year.

The two-time defending AL home run champion was put on the disabled list Saturday, two games into his return from a 5 1/2-week stint on the DL for the same injury. Hand specialist Dr. Thomas Graham in Cleveland will perform the operation next week.

Bautista came out of the game against Baltimore on Saturday after feeling the tendon moving more than it had been during his rehabilitation.

After a slow start, Bautista finished with a .241 average, 27 homers and 65 RBIs.

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