The Toronto Blue Jays have a comfortable lead atop the AL East, a year after trading away several established players.

However, the Blue Jays are still looking for help as Thursday’s MLB Trade Deadline approaches, via MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson. • Blue Jays are looking for pitching, ideally multiple. • Toronto has a *rare* combo of money, ‘now’ players and prospects

The Toronto Blue Jays are the best team in baseball with a 63-43 record heading into Monday night's game in Baltimore against the Orioles. According to BaseballReference.com, that gives Toronto a 97.3 per cent chance of making the post-season and an 8.

Max Scherzer had one of his best outings of the season Sunday against the Tigers, notching 11 strikeouts in 7.0 innings before the Blue Jays' bullpen collapsed.

In the 2022 offseason, the Diamondbacks traded Varsho to the Blue Jays in exchange for catcher Gabriel Moreno and outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Since then, the 28-year-old has transitioned to the outfield full-time and established himself as a Gold Glove–caliber defender after spending his early career as a catcher with Arizona.

And now they'll head to August at No. 1. After a loss on May 27, the Blue Jays were 26-28 and eight games out of first place in the AL East. We shouldn't spend a ton of time looking at wild-card standings in May,