The Twins noticed and on May 22, 2013 the affiliated Colabello got called up to Minnesota. The Call Up was precipitated by a concussion injury to OF Trevor Plouffe. His immediate results were negative at 1-11 resulting in an almost immediate return to AAA. But another injury to Plouffe gave Colabello a second chance and this time he lasted the rest of the MLB Season. By the end of 2013 he got 229 At Bats in 59 Games and hit with decent power at 13 Doubles and 6 Homeruns. The negatives shouted a pending release at 66 Strikeouts and .229 Batting Average with sub-standard Defence. He was streaky enough and showed enough flashes of brilliance that he made the Twins 2014 Opening Day Roster. Colabello responded with breaking a 20 year Kirby Puckett record of 26 RBI in April. He cooled dramatically and the rest of 2014 he hit .308 with 3 Homeruns in just 23 Games. After the explosive April he only managed one more RBI the rest of the Season. His days at Minnesota now were numbered.
As expected Twins released him on Waivers in December 2014 and the Toronto Blue Jays picked him up on December 8th and on February 2015 designated him for Assignment. to AAA Buffalo. In typical Colobello early season fashion he tore apart the International League pitching to the tune of .337 Batting Average, 5 Homeruns and 18 RBI. Just like the Twins before them, the Blue Jay brass could not ignore the International League Player of the Month. He earned himself a half million dollar contract and was back in the Major Leagues. There was a time back in 2013 when Colabello almost gave up on his MLB dream. Korea wanted him and offered Colabello 1 million dollars and as per MLB rules his MLB club a matching One Million dollars for Colabello to play in Korea. As tempting as it was, Chris declined- he wanted to be a Major Leaguer not a star in the Korean League. As torrid as he can be the rest of the 2015 Blue Jay season is consumed by questions. Can Colabello keep his hot start going? His history says no and he has been in a similar position many times in his career both in independent baseball, minors and MLB. Perhaps the truest indicator of his ability are his MLB career totals in his short 3 year MLB career. At the end of the day he is a .245 hitter with 17 Homeruns and 72 RBI. It will be fascinating to see how the rest of 2015 works out- can he buck trend or follow past fades. Only time will tell The last few days hint at something different, something special.