The Toronto Blue Jays lead the major leagues with 369 runs scored, a full 65 runs more than the next-highest scoring team. The Jays have a team OPS of .781 and are averaging 5.51 runs per game. With an offense like that, they should be in first place -- up by a handful of games -- in the American League East.

They are not, in no small part because Blue Jays starters have the fifth-worst ERA in baseball, and the bullpen's 11 blown saves is tied for the third most in baseball.

And who leads the AL East? The Tampa Bay Rays, who have the second-best team ERA in the AL but have scored a staggering 118 fewer runs than the Jays.

The Blue Jays can't slug their way out of this, and they can't rely on shutouts like they got Wednesday night. The Blue Jays need to fix that pitching staff if they're going to make the postseason for the first time since 1993.

One of the difficult issues Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos must deal with is that there are only a handful of teams that are not in a division or wild-card race, only a few of which are true "sellers."