The Blue Jays are winning without hitting home runs

After struggling last season putting out a roster filled with deficiencies, this year's iteration of the Blue Jays has spent the first two and a half weeks of the season showing us that they're far from one-dimensional.

While the Blue Jays haven't hit a ton of home runs this year, they've been able to find plenty of success in other ways.

From nabbing base stealers to unleashing a new closer who's been close to unhittable, the Blue Jays have looked like a completely different team this year. Here are some examples of how they've found success in unconventional ways.

The Blue Jays are winning without hitting home runs

It's not just about the home run

While Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette have yet to hit a home run, that hasn't stopped them from being productive. They've are both hitting over .300 (Bichette's hitting .314; Guerrero .302), and they've both been able to get on base. Bichette and Guerrero's on-base percentage are practically identical (.364 vs .366).

This is Bichette's first season as a full-time leadoff hitter, and he's impressed in the role. He's had a hit in 10 of the 16 games he's played in this year, and has recorded seven multi-hit games this year.

Bichette's turned into an incredible table-setter, and is a breath of fresh air at the top of the lineup after the team used a struggling George Springer as its leadoff hitter for the past two seasons.

While fans are still waiting for Guerrero to hit his first bomb, we know from the past that he usually starts to heat up in June. Last season, he hit six home runs in June after only hitting five in the first two months of the season.

There's no need to panic just yet.

The back of the bullpen has been dominant

While several players deserve recognition for the Blue Jays' bullpen success, Jeff Hoffman has been lights-out dominant at the end of the 'pen.

There's perhaps no outing that showed that more than his two inning performance on Sunday.

Hoffman recorded four strikeouts across two scoreless innings in the Blue Jays' extra innings win. The outing likely meant a little more for Hoffman after the Orioles passed on signing him in the offseason due to concerns about his medicals.

Hoffman has a 0.96 ERA in 9 1/3 innings this year, and he's one of four relievers in the Blue Jays bullpen to have an ERA under three (along with Yimi García, Nick Sandlin and Chad Green).

Defensive flare and clutch hitting

The Blue Jays' defense has been enhanced to a whole new level this season thanks to the tag master Andrés Giménez. While the two time Gold Glove winner is always excellent in the field, one of his strengths is his ability to nab baserunners with a tag, especially on stolen base attempts.

He's also benefited from the strong arms from catchers Tyler Heineman and Alejandro Kirk. Heineman has been an unheralded hero for the Blue Jays as well. He's already ended one game by throwing out a base stealer, and has opened the season 9-for-20 at the plate.

The bottom of the Blue Jays' order has been provided some much needed production.

Fourth outfielder Myles Straw is 9-for-26 on the season and has also done a solid job in center field, while Springer's .375 average leads baseball.

Yes, the Blue Jays will need to hit home runs if they want to win over the course of the season, but, as that hasn't stopped them from picking up some big wins at the start of the season.