Adam Lind’s simple life soon might be infinitely more complicated.

The former Highland High School star and rising Toronto Blue Jays hero was named one of 18 Silver Slugger Award winners by Major League Baseball on Thursday.

The award is voted on by managers and coaches around the majors. Each coach is not allowed to vote for a player from his team.

Started in 1980, one award is given at each position in each league. No pitcher is honored in the American League, where Lind won as a designated hitter.

Previous winners at DH include Reggie Jackson, Jose Canseco, Don Baylor (three times), Harold Baines and Frank Thomas (twice).

David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox won the honor four consecutive seasons from 2004 to 2007.

Aubrey Huff was last year’s winner while he was at Baltimore.

Former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star pitcher and Anderson native Carl Erskine said the award is sure to raise Lind’s relatively low profile.

Early in his career, Erskine would sometimes ride the subway with famous teammates such as Pee Wee Reese or Duke Snider.

“People would recognize them,” Erskine said, “but I was just some guy standing there.”

That changed in 1952, Erskine’s fifth major-league season, after he threw a no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs — the first of two during his career.

“He is now going to be recognized,” Erskine predicted of Lind. “Kids are going to want him to sign more often. The card companies are going to make more of his baseball cards. He’s going to be more recognized.”

That might not always come as good news to Lind, who was sometimes known to disguise himself by pulling his baseball cap down low and wearing sunglasses while walking around Toronto last summer.

“He’s a laid-back, quiet guy,” Erskine said, “until he picks up a bat.”

Lind hit .305 with 35 homers, 114 RBIs and 46 doubles for the Blue Jays this season.