If you want to watch Deion Sanders play baseball for the Syracuse SkyChiefs, your time is running out.

Several signs point to Sanders leaving the SkyChiefs, perhaps as early as today. Sanders, a seven-time NFL Pro Bowl cornerback, will likely report to the training camp of his current NFL team, the Washington Redskins. The Redskins' camp starts Sunday.

Sanders has not commented publicly about his situation with the Redskins since he joined the Triple-A SkyChiefs in late June. According to several published reports, Sanders has said he wants out of Washington.

But under the terms of Sanders' seven-year, $56 million contract with the Redskins, if Sanders is not with the Toronto Blue Jays - the SkyChiefs' parent team - or another major-league team by Sunday, he must report to the Redskins' camp. If not, Sanders will forfeit about $6.9 million of the $8 million signing bonus he received when he signed with Washington in June 2000.

As of now, the Blue Jays have no plans to promote Sanders, who entered Wednesday's game batting .247 (24-for-97) with no home runs, four RBIs and four stolen bases in eight attempts in 23 games for the SkyChiefs.

"He (Sanders) has not played as well or hit as well as he hoped he would, and he knows as much as anybody that production is the big aspect of this game," Blue Jays general manager Gord Ash said. "Right now, we can't make a change that would enable him to come to our roster."

Both Ash and Dave Stewart, the Blue Jays' assistant general manager, said no other major-league teams have expressed an interest in acquiring Sanders. The Blue Jays would have allowed Sanders to join another team if that team wanted him in the major leagues.

There's talk the Blue Jays are trying to deal one of their outfielders, either Jose Cruz Jr. or Shannon Stewart, and that could create an opening in Toronto. But baseball's trading deadline is midnight Tuesday, and by then Sanders could be back with the Redskins.

"Some situations could occur after the trade deadline," Stewart said. "If he wants to wait until then. That's something Deion has to decide, not us."

Earlier this week, new Redskins coach Marty Schottenheimer told The Washington Post he expected Sanders to report to camp Sunday. It had been assumed the Redskins would release Sanders and save his $3.6 million salary for this season under their salary cap, but recent reports said Washington is now leaning toward keeping Sanders.