I wrote yesterday about how the Astros should cash in their chips before the deadline, and now we might have another heavyweight thinking the same thing. The Toronto Blue Jays, a club I figured would contend in the American League East, could become what the insiders are calling "surprising" sellers when the deadline hits. Maybe.

According to Clutch Points, the Blue Jays may take a seller's stance because a season that hasn't gone the way anyone in Toronto drawing a paycheck expected. Nothing is set in stone. But the possibility is real enough that people are talking.

I've been watching baseball a long time, and you get a feel for when a season is going sideways. The Blue Jays have it right now. You can talk about injuries, you can talk about tough luck, you can talk about the AL East being a meat grinder like it always is, but eventually the standings tell you who you are. Toronto's roster has enough talent to make you wonder what went wrong, and the answer is probably a little bit of everything.

The hard part for Toronto is deciding what selling actually means if they go that route. Are you tearing it down to the studs, or are you shipping out expiring contracts and trying again next spring with your core intact? If that conversation is happening in the front office right now, and you'd have to think it is, it's the kind that shapes the next three years of a franchise.

I've said before that one move at the deadline can flip a whole postseason race. If the Blue Jays do sell, what they offer and what they get back will be worth watching. But we're not there yet, and Toronto hasn't made anything official.