BUFFALO – At least Dalton Pompey’s first two concussions came with guts-and-glory trimmings.



Chasing a fly ball in 2016, he slammed into a lightly padded concrete wall in foul ground. He was back in three weeks.



The following spring, his face bounced in the dirt on a headfirst slide into second base. This time, recovery took three months.



Then came concussion No. 3. Bats banging on his head. Bats that he didn’t even know were there, in the supposed safety of a spring-training clubhouse.



“It was the weirdest thing ever,” Pompey says.



And now, after nearly four months in limbo, that weird episode – we’ll get to the details in a moment – has led his once-promising career to a crossroads. On Monday, his injury rehab assignment will expire. He remains on the major-league roster of his hometown Toronto Blue Jays. Their choices: activate him and bring him to the big leagues within two days or...