The Toronto Blue Jays suffered a second consecutive loss to the New York Yankees on Tuesday night, falling 5-4 at Yankee Stadium to drop to 21-27 on the campaign.

After the game, manager John Schneider spoke to reporters about the team's issues on offense, indicating that the Jays need to be able to do one of two things: String hits together, or drive the ball into the gaps and over the walls.

So, let's take a look at where the Jays rank in various categories as we near the 50-game mark of the season.

In terms of hits: The Blue Jays enter play on Wednesday 12th

In terms of runs: They are 23rd, suggesting that they are getting some traffic, but they haven't been able to fully convert that traffic.

In terms of walks: They are 29th, proving that they are dependent on actually getting hits and aren't able to generate "extra" traffic.

In terms of stolen bases: They are tied for 28th, suggest that they aren't able to take extra bases when possible.

In terms of doubles: They are 22nd

In terms of triples: They are tied for 29th

In terms of home runs: They are tied for 21st

John Schneider on the offence:

“If it’s not going to be continuous hits or productive at-bats adding on, there needs to be some slug. There needs to be extra-base hits or home runs with guys on … It seems like we’re stuck in the middle there.” #BlueJays— Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) May 20, 2026

What does it all mean?

Largely, Schneider's point is dead on. The Blue Jays are getting hits, but they aren't drawing walks. Without a ton of extra-base hit ability (thus far) or stolen base ability, the team is generally reliant on playing station-to-station baseball.

In an era where pitching is so good, that's a hard way to live. It's hard to string together three or four hits in an inning to score runs, which is what the Jays have boxed themselves into doing, and they have to be able to do it multiple times a night.

What can be done about it? 

The Jays probably won't be able to change their team profile and become a running team on the fly, so they are just going to need their stars to start to play like stars.

As frustrating an answer as that might be, they are going to need Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer and others to start living up to the back of their baseball cards.

It will help when Addison Barger is re-activated off the injured list - provided he gets going like he did in 2025.

Up next for Toronto

The Jays and Yankees will play again on Wednesday night with first pitch coming at 7:05 p.m. ET. The Jays have lost each of the first two games of this series and will send Yesavage to the mound as they attempt to get back into it. He's 1-1 with a 1.40 ERA while Cam Schlittler is 6-1 with a 1.35 ERA for New York.

Armed with an upper-90s fastball, Schlittler looks like one of the best pitchers in the American League in just his first full season. As long as he stays healthy, he could be both an All-Star and a Cy Young contender.

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