Rarely have the Blue Jays entered the final month of the Major League Baseball season in such a lofty spot.
But will it be a September to remember for the right reasons? Or will Sunday’s disastrous result in Cincinnati be a harbinger of rough times to come?
It certainly was a staggering beginning after yet another spectacular collapse by an embattled Blue Jays bullpen ridiculously handed the Reds a 5-4 walkoff win.
Even a massive three-run ninth inning of their own — fuelled by a monster Bo Bichette home run to take their first lead of the game — wasn’t enough for the Jays to overcome its ongoing reliever crisis.
That beleaguered group of relievers that on too many days feels lately seems to be threatening to undo so much of what is good about this team, once again wilted in an unsig