Toronto Blue Jays: Have they hit rock bottom yet after disappointing stretch?

After getting swept by the Boston Red Sox, the Toronto Blue Jays finished the month of May below .500 but have they hit rock bottom yet?

It has not been fun for the Toronto Blue Jays lately and being swept by the Boston Red Sox didn’t help matters at all. Obviously, it shows that this team isn’t on the same level as their AL East rival but not many teams in the MLB other than the New York Yankees.

So where does that leave the Blue Jays? Well at this point, there is little reason to believe that they can make up ground to be competitive in their division and the Wild Card is going to be tougher even if there’s time to make up ground.

There are players who are not performing at the level that they are capable of and injuries have proven to be a difficult hurdle to overcome. You can point to the starting pitching as the biggest issue but you cannot ignore the other problems plaguing this team.

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As Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi notes in his postgame column the Blue Jays are 2-7 against the Red Sox and 7-10 against the Yankees, Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners. All these teams are the measuring stick when it comes to the top teams in the American League and the fact that Toronto is not playing well against them should say a lot.

Manager John Gibbons is probably left shaking his head with the way everything has gone against his team especially the starting pitching.

At the same time, the fact that he doesn’t seem comfortable playing Russell Martin behind the plate is a bit troubling.

Sure Luke Maile is performing at the plate and has a better arm but maybe having Martin calling the game might help get the starting pitching back on track.

Even that might not be enough to get the team back on track and if things continue to play out as it has then there will be serious questions about what this front office will try to sell off at the trade deadline.

Can Blue Jays fans stomach a potential rebuild or is this team fixable by retooling? It is clear that this team would benefit with having younger players in the lineup considering how Teoscar Hernandez is showing some potential.

Next: No stopping Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Then there’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. dominating in double-A which has fans frothing at the mouth but unless Aaron Sanchez and Marcus Stroman can turn things around this team might hit rock bottom sooner rather than later even if fans aren’t at that point yet.