Should we be worried about the Blue Jays?

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An old adage in baseball is that you don't pay attention to the standings until June 1. That's still three weeks from today. But you know what? We're going to do it anyway, because the Toronto Blue Jays are not where they ought to be right now.

Expectations aside, though, two games over .500 is hardly a disastrous start. Plus, in a 162-game season, 32 games are not enough to draw sweeping conclusions about anyone. Things have a way of evening out in this sport and, barring catastrophe, Toronto's superior talent should shine through over the long run. In other words, don't worry. Yet. But let's take a look under the hood and see what's going on:

Hitting

Last year, the Jays racked up the third-most runs in baseball and smacked 21 more homers than any other team. They also led comfortably in total bases and on-base-plus-slugging percentage. Toronto simply overpowered many of its opponents. This year? Not so much. While they ranked a healthy sixth in both homers and total bases heading into today's action, the Jays were down to 12th in OPS and just 16th in runs scored.

So, who's not pulling their weight? Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s numbers are down from last year, when he tied for the big-league lead with 48 homers and topped the AL in on-base and slugging percentage. But scoring in MLB is down by almost a full run per game this year and power numbers have plummeted across the board, with some players blaming a less-lively ball. Despite the drop in Guerrero's raw numbers, his OPS+ (which calibrates for league averages) is down just a touch from last year. So don't blame him for