Let’s be frank – the Blue Jays are in win-now mode. While they were not willing to open up the chequebook to bring back slugger Edwin Encarnacion, the team still has a team capable of making a run.
However, any team that has a platoon as bad as Carrupton (Ezequiel Carrera/Melvin Upton Jr.) will more than likely not have a whole lot of success in the playoffs. While both are capable fourth outfielders, neither is worthy of a whole lot of playing time.
To go along with Carrupton, the Blue Jays (for some reason that is beyond comprehensible) continue to have confidence in Justin Smoak as a starting first baseman.