Toronto Blue Jays general manger Ross Atkins says pitching and right handed hitting will be top of mind before the MLB trade deadline.

MLBTR’s new deadline preview series (available to Front Office subscribers) continues with a look at the Blue Jays, who held a 26-28 record on May 27 and seemed to be headed for another also-ran season.

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.