The Toronto Blue Jays are right in the thick of the American League playoff picture with their odds of making the postseason increasing every day. They defeated the New York Yakees in Game 1 of an incredibly important four-game series on Monday night,

This is what the July 31 Trade Deadline is supposed to feel like, vibrating with possibility. Last year’s Deadline was the opposite, a going out of business sale dropped into the middle of a lost season.