Keegan Matheson

The pitching staff, for all the injuries they've had, has been really good.

I'm really impressed by them, especially as Savage, Gosman.

Cease will be fine.

That's just a couple weeks, I think.

But the offense needs to do something.

The offense needs to wake up and spark this team.

It just doesn't feel like there's a life or a momentum or a direction to this right now.

It's two steps forward, two back, three forward, three back, and they're hovering below .500, which is not a fun place to be as we're just about to be talking about June baseball, guys.

Alejandro Kirk's the most important one, guys.

He was here yesterday doing some base running drills.

Base running doesn't matter much when your thumb's broken, so I didn't care too much about Alejandro Kirk's beautiful foot speed out here in the bases, but his thumb is getting a little better.

Maybe we're two weeks away from that.

Let's call it two-ish weeks.

When Alejandro Kirk is back, that changes this whole lineup.

Outside of Vladdy, I think Kirk is one of those real foundational players who is critical to the whole identity of this team.

Not just the pitching staff, but the lineup too.

Because the Blue Jays, when they're at their best, make a ton of contact, then they can land the uppercut.

Contact's great, but you need power on top of it.

That's who Kirk is.

He's all contact, and if you hang one, he will hit it out.