The Blue Jays had by far the league’s best offense when most of us went to bed on Monday night. Then they went out and made it much, much better.
Most — myself included — expected Toronto to seek pitching at the deadline to help win more games for an lineup that leads the Majors in OPS and scores far more runs than any other team. But the Blue Jays, an offensive outlier whose 5.28 runs per game make them the only team more than .58 runs away from the 4.10 league average in either direction, instead traded shortstop Jose Reyes and three pitching prospects — including fireballer Miguel Castro — for shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and reliever LaTroy Hawkins from the Colorado Rockies.