He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, and Washington Nationals.

[1] He did not sign with the Twins, and attended the University of South Alabama in 2003 and 2004 before being drafted by the Jays in 2004 as a draft-eligible sophomore.

[6] He was promoted to the High-A Dunedin Blue Jays in 2005, where he batted .313 with 12 home runs and 84 RBI in 126 games played.

[5][8] In the minors that season, Lind batted .330 with 24 home runs and 89 RBI split between the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Triple-A Syracuse SkyChiefs.

Lind was called up on April 13, 2007, from Syracuse to replace Reed Johnson, who was placed on the disabled list with a herniated disc in his back.

[5] Lind was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on July 7, 2007,[5] when Johnson was activated from the disabled list.

[10] He went on to tie the Blue Jays record of 11 RBI in five games to start the season, set by Carlos Delgado in 2001.

[13] On September 14, Lind drove in three runs to reach 100 RBIs on the season, becoming the first Blue Jay to do so since Troy Glaus and Vernon Wells in 2006.

[24] On May 17, the Blue Jays optioned Lind to the Las Vegas 51s of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.

[27] Lind went unclaimed and on May 31, was removed from the Blue Jays 40-man roster,[28] allowing the team to select the contract of Robert Coello.

[31] On December 9, 2015, the Brewers traded Lind to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for minor leaguers Carlos Herrera, Daniel Missaki, and Freddy Peralta.

[34] Lind batted .303 with 14 home runs and 59 RBI while appearing in 116 games for the Nationals during the 2017 regular season.

[8] On March 2, 2018, Lind signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, receiving a non-roster invitation to spring training.

[40] On February 5, 2024, the Philadelphia Phillies hired Lind to serve as the hitting coach for their Single-A affiliate, the Jersey Shore BlueClaws.

[41] On February 7, 2025, Lind was announced as the hitting coach for Philadelphia's Triple-A affiliate, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

[1] His wife, Lakeyshia Bertie, is originally from Richmond Hill, Ontario; the couple met while Lind was playing for the Blue Jays in 2007,[43] and they were married in a Catholic ceremony on November 13, 2010, in Toronto.