In baseball, unlike basketball, it really is all about run production … and, at some point, the only way for this collection of Jays to go is to start “manufacturing” more runs, National League style (e.g. hit & run, sac bunt, hitting behind the runner, etc.), in support of the team’s outstanding pitching staff.

Now that they’ve addressed their Lefty-Righty imbalance somewhat – adding in a marginal player Wilkerson who at least hits from the side of the plate they’ve been needing to fill for quite some time – the quality of their season’s finish will come down to whether or not John Gibbons can succeed in this area of the game.

If they can generate 1 more run per game … with this ’small ball’/'old school’ type of offensive strategy, in a timely fashion … and Vernon Wells comes back with some addition pop in his bat … this Jays team is good enough to win the East Division this season, given the injury struggles/etc. that Boston and New York are going through + the fact that Tampa Bay is leading the division.

This year is there chance, at last.

Can they capitalize?