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The Blue Jays have a 24-day run up until the All-Star break that should tell us everything we need to know about whether they can make the post-season, even as the second Wild Card. Over that span, they have just one off day, and 20 of the 23 games on the slate are against teams that are currently ahead of them in the standings. John Gibbons and company are riding an eight-game win streak and open a crucial three-game set with Baltimore at the Rogers Centre. The Orioles are holding down the first Wild Card spot in the American League, six games ahead of the Blue Jays, but they are also just one game back of division-leading Boston. The Jays are 3-4 so far this season against the Os and 12-20 against the AL East. After that series, the Jays hit the road for three in Tampa Bay and four at Fenway Park in Boston. After that grind, they are back home for four games against Central-leading Detroit and three against the only team behind them at this point, Minnesota. Then its back on the road for three against Cleveland and finally three at Baltimore before the break. The Jays have to maintain a winning record over than span, something like 15-8 or 16-7 to pass a couple of teams and stay right in the thick of the Wild Card race at the very least. The two teams - outside of their own division - that the Blue Jays really have to be concerned about are Texas and Oakland. Last years Cinderella kids, the As lead the West by a game on the Rangers. One of these teams will definitely be in the playoffs, quite possibly both. Thats where the Houston Astros come in. Though playing better lately, having won six of their last eight, the Astros still have the worst record in the American League at 28-46. Thanks to the unbalanced schedule, Oakland and Texas have plenty of games left against Houston over the second half to pad their record. Oakland is already 9-0 against the Astros, and still play them 10 more times. Texas, meanwhile, has 13 left with Houston of its remaining 89 games. The Rangers are already 5-1 against the Astros. To be fair, the Blue Jays also have seven dates with Houston. But the Jays still have the decidedly most difficult schedule. Theyve also finished their season series with Texas, going 6-1, their best record against any team so far this season. If Oakland and Texas qualify for the Playoffs, then the Jays will have to finish above three teams in their own division, which right now would be Tampa Bay, the Yankees and Baltimore or Boston to make it to the post-season for the first time in 20 years. It sounds cliche, but the only thing the Blue Jays can really worry about now is their own performance. They have just got to ignore the Houston factor and start to beat up on the teams in their own division. Coming Soon The Blue Jays have one more Interleague series at Rogers Centre this season. Normally it wouldnt be that big a deal with the lowly Dodgers coming to town. 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TORONTO -- Blue Jays first baseman Chris Colabello has been reinstated from the restricted list after serving an 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs.Colabello was suspended April 22 after the commissioners office said he tested positive for a drug thats sold under the name Turinabol. He lost $227,891 of his $521,126 major league salary while suspended.Colabello was designated off the 25-man Toronto roster Saturday, but was kept on the 40-man roster. Hes expected to be assigned to Triple-A Buffalo, where he has played the past five games, batting .158 with one homer and three RBI.He spent two seasons with the Minnesota before the Blue Jays claimed him on waivers in December 2014.The 32-year-old Colabello spent eight seasons in the minor leagues, seven of them in independent baseball, before reaching the big leagues with the Twins in 2013.ddddddddddddHe played 10 games before being suspended this spring. In 2015, his first year with Toronto, he batted .321 with 15 home runs and 54 RBI as the Blue Jays won the AL East.Colabello would be ineligible for postseason play should the Blue Jays reach the playoffs again this season.He was suspended one week after Philadelphia right-hander Daniel Stumpf was suspended for using the same substance. St. Louis catcher Cody Stanley was also suspended for Turinabol last September. ' ' '