2 areas where the Blue Jays are excelling, 2 they need to improve

Area the Blue Jays need to improve in: Home runs

The area where the the Blue Jays need to improve is hitting home runs. Yes, this is something we've touched on already this season, but for good reason.

The Blue Jays entered play on Tuesday with just 12 home runs in 12 games, which was ahead of only the Royals (11 home runs). They also have the second lowest HR/AB rate in the entire league, hitting one home run for every 62.92 at bats.

The Yankees (HR every 19.25 at-bats) and the Orioles (22.13) are first and fourth respectively in that category. And while the Red Sox and the Rays are within the bottom half of the league, they are still faring much better than Toronto.

Tampa hits a home run every 34.14 at-bats which is 18th in MLB while Boston is right behind them at 34.38. The Blue Jays also lag behind in terms the number of players who have hit multiple home runs this seaosn. Toronto is carrying just three guys who have gone yard at least twice, while their team leader, Andrés Giménez (3), hasn’t hit a home run since March 31.

Baltimore has nine players who have hit at least two home runs this season, while New York has eight and both Boston and Tampa Bay have five. Hitting home runs doesn't automatically earn you a berth to the postseason, but it makes it easier to pick up wins during the 162-game grind of the MLB season.