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The Toronto Blue Jays have had a rough 2011 season. Three of their opening day starting position players are on the DL and another one is not with the team anymore. Their pitching staff has also been depleted by injuries.

Despite this, the team has still been able to be competitive. They sit two games under .500 at 53-55 and are just five games back of the second wild card spot.

At this point in the year, not many people are expecting the Jays to make much of a leap in the standings. However, in the back of every diehard fan’s mind is the hope that they can pull off a miracle run.

With the way they are playing, the playoffs definitely seem like a long shot. Here are four players who need to step up if the Toronto Blue Jays want to be playing October baseball.

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The MLB trade deadline is just over a month away and the Toronto Blue Jays will have an interesting decision to make.

Alex Anthopoulos and the rest of the front office have very limited time to decide whether or not this team can make a run if another player or two is added.

If it is decided that the Blue Jays are not a team capable of competing in the playoffs just yet, then there are several players that Toronto could be looking to move at that deadline. 

Over the next few slides, we will look at four players that the Toronto Blue Jays could be shopping at the trade deadline.

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The Toronto Blue Jays have just about wrapped up the first month of the baseball season. There have already been ups and downs for several players, however if there was one thing they showed, it is that the game is never over.

May is a pretty big month for the Blue Jays. Teams are just starting to get settled in and this is their chance to live up to the hype and prove that they are a playoff team.

Over the next few slides, we will look at how the Jays did last May and make a few predictions as to how they will do this time around.

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