KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Toronto Blue Jays are basically out of starters. With seven on the injured list and one traded away, the pitching tap has run dry in the middle of their postseason race.With Jameson Taillon, placed on the injured list with an elbow issue Saturday, likely done for the year, the Jays must again navigate a depleted rotation. They have to figure it out amid a 19-game sprint to the end, when every inning is precious with a playoff spot on the line.“You have to take it as a challenge,” manager John Schneider said, “and I think we’ve done a pretty good job of doing that.”The Jays still have Dylan Cease and José Soriano at the top of the rotation. They aren’t any more essential than they were. Max Scherzer, after months on and off the injured list, has gone from luxury to key piece. Now Spencer Arrighetti will likely have to stretch out, and the Jays will figure out the final spot. Solving that last bit out is a complicated but essential puzzle.The Jays, with a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, moved above .500 for the first time since early April. They’re in a playoff spot again and control their October outcome with 19 games to play. They and the Tampa Bay Rays have been the best team in the AL since the trade deadline and, with the current state of their league, the Jays could really make some noise in the postseason. They don’t need a five-man rotation to thrive in October, but they’ll need it to get there.This is a familiar situation for a team that’s placed nine big-league starters on the IL this year and had 15 pitchers start games. A few more may join the starter club, but the issue is that there aren’t many reinforcements left.