Jose Bautista, who has been sidelined since Aug. 21 with a bone bruise in his left hip, had a medical evaluation on Monday in New York City.
"They'll look at it and check out his progress," John Gibbons said. "He's feeling better, though."
The Blue Jays are optimistic that Bautista will return before the season ends, but they won't rush anything.
"We hope so, but we'll have a better idea in the next couple days after he sees the doctor," Gibbons said. "We still have a month left, but once he gets cleared to go, he's got to get back into baseball stuff."