The Blue Jays dropped another game to Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field, and this one completed the sweep for the Rays. It brings the Blue Jays record to 30-38, and drops them to 13 games out of the second Wild Card position.
Not only are the Blue Jays playing some pretty terrible baseball right now, but the playoff landscape in the American League is a lot different than it was in 2017. While the Blue Jays never left the basement of the AL East until the final day of last season, they weren’t really out of the Wild Card race until the later stages of the summer.