Athletics at Blue Jay Series Preview

Erik Williams-Imagn Images After taking two of two from the Houston Astros down in Texas the A’s continue their road trip, this time going north of the border to take on the Toronto Blue Jays in a four-game series. The club is struggling right now so a couple wins in Canada would mean the world to a team falling further behind in the playoff race.

Blue Jays W/L record: 27-28 (3rd in AL East)

Run differential: -26

Team OPS: .689 (19th of 30)

Team ERA: 4.00 (20th of 30)

The Blue Jays have been treading water this season which is never a small feat in the ultra-competitive AL East. With a near-.500 mark that’s only good enough for third place in the AL East. But that doesn’t take them out of the…