Blue Jays have shown 'no signs' of offensive turnaround before postseason

The Toronto Blue Jays are hanging around in the AL Wild Card race. 

With nine games left on their regular-season schedule, the Blue Jays are two games behind the Cleveland Guardians. 

Time is running out to make one final push, but Toronto's offense has not shown any indication that a significant turnaround is approaching. 

ESPN's David Schoenfield wrote that even if the Blue Jays managed to squeak into the postseason, their offense is a major concern. 

"Like last season, the Jays are a high-contact lineup (only the Rays strike out less often), but even Kazuma Okamoto's 33 home runs haven't been enough to lift this group from the bottom of the majors in offense," Schoenfield wrote. "Only the Angels have scored fewer runs. Maybe [Vladimir] Guerrero turns it on if the Jays sneak in, but the lineup has shown no signs of making a deep October run." 

The Blue Jays have just two players (Okamoto, George Springer) with more than 10 home runs this season. 

After a record-setting postseason for Ernie Clement, the second baseman has a .294 OBP and 83 OPS+. 

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Of course, Guerrero's struggles, including his lack of power, have been well documented.

Outfielder Nathan Lukes' 10 homers and 95 OPS+ are both better than Guerrero's numbers (9 HR, 92 OPS+) in those categories. 

Unless the Blue Jays can turn it on during the season's final week, they may fall short of the playoffs one season removed from a World Series visit. 

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