On Monday night, the Toronto Blue Jays lost their seventh consecutive game, this time in walk-off fashion after taking a 6-2 lead into the eighth inning ( BOS 7, TOR 6 ). At 35-43, the Blue Jays are in the AL East cellar and 7.5 games out of a wild-card spot.
Only the very bad Los Angeles Angels , Oakland Athletics , and Chicago White Sox are further out of the race in the AL. The Blue Jays will be faced with tough decisions at the trade deadline, including whether to break up their core and trade players like Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr . (Bichette was just activated off the injured list Tuesday).
Two years ago, Vlad Jr. said he would never play for the AL East rival New York Yankees -- "Not even (when I'm) dead," he said -- and he doubled down last April. "It goes back with my family," Guerrero said about not wanting to play for the Yankees .
"That's my decision, and I will never change that." Well, apparently things have changed. Prior to Monday's game, Guerrero softened his stance against playing for the Yankees while speaking with the Spanish outlet Virus Deportivo.
Here's the video: If I get trade to #Yankees I will do my job and try to help that team or any team to win. I’m a professional and love this game #VladimirGuerreroJr told Omar from Virus Deportivo pic.twitter.
com/5rQ5a6APzr "I'm a worker, professional, and I go out on the field and play," Guerrero said. "..
. Sometimes you say things -- it's not that I am trying to take back what I said about the Ya.
