Blue Jays: the three-headed monster of the playoffs

The Blue Jays, in four playoff games, have scored 34 points. No club has done better since the start of the playoffs – even those who have played seven games so far.

In four games, that's a historic mark overall.

Nobody has nine home runs since the start of the playoffs either. No club that has played four games has fewer than the Blue Jays' 24 strikeouts offensively – no one has fewer than 20 in three games, in fact.

A collective batting line of .338/.373/.601 for the club: nobody comes close to that.

I could go on and on like this, but my point is this: all 12 hitters used by the club (Tyler Heineman didn't play, himself) got their hands dirty.

Here's what it looks like.

We all know that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went absolutely nuts during the series, but he wasn't the only one. Several guys (hello, Nathan Lukes) also had their moments of glory for the Blue Jays.

But we also have to talk about the other two members of the three-headed monster: Ernie Clement and Daulton Varsho. I'm talking about an offensive monster, which doesn't include Trey Yesavage.

In the absence of Bo Bichette, Clement and Varsho enabled the Blue Jays to be the only team to qualify for the championship series on Wednesday via their fine performances.

In particular, Varsho was excellent in Game #2 (in the series as a whole, he has five homers… more than Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel Jr.) and Clement excelled in New York. Ask Yankees fans if he was tiring at bat: he wasn't retirable on three strikes.

Junior was the victim of a single K (on a third strike, which was a ball) and Clement didn't bat once. A far cry from Anthony Volpe, let's say.

Will the guys keep up the pace in what promises to be a less emotional championship series? Will George Springer stand up more often? Will Bichette be back? To be seen in due course.

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