The focus is where it should be this weekend for the Blue Jays, the thrilling push to the wire to win the American League East and all of the significant potential edges that go with it.

But bubbling below the surface for at least a couple of weeks now has been a troubling question: Can these Jays make a deep playoff run without the potent output of Vlad Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette contributing?

While it’s a first-things-first final series for the Jays and their desperate bid to capture the division title, the injury to Bichette and the struggles of Guerrero have had a profound effect in turning what seemed like a cruise to first into a too-tight-for-comfort battle.

As long as Bichette is out of the lineup though, the sharpest focus is on Guerrero and the search for his game-changing s

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