Keegan Matheson

Doesn't sound like an IL stint yet, guys, but I know Vladdy's numbers, even with where they are, haven't been great.

They still need him.

They need some threat in the middle of this lineup.

No one else is really providing that right now.

So him missing one or two days compared to four or five, still a big difference for Vladdy.

It's such a low bar, too, guys.

I mean, the rest of the American League is bad right now.

The fact that the Blue Jays are still in a wildcard conversation right now kind of speaks to how poor the rest of this league is.

But I don't think that should be viewed as any sort of accomplishment.

I mean, my God.

The wildcard is not the goal.

It cannot be the goal.

When you are spending this much, when you're a market this big, and when you have expectations like the Blue Jays, sneaking in with a wild card seed is not a success whatsoever.

Winning the division is a success, and we saw last year what that did for this team.

But I keep waiting for that time, oh, when this is going to turn, and every other team is waiting for that magic, too.

The Blue Jays need to do something differently.

Even look back to last week, guys, when we were talking when the Blue Jays were in New York,

Yes, they had a couple of big wins, but we're talking 2-0, 2-1, 3-0 wins.

Until this offense really changes, I'm not going to change my mind about where the Blue Jays are headed right now, which is kind of in this same stuck-in-the-middle direction.

The offense needs to change for that to get better.