TORONTO — Mark Shapiro is making zero promises in August.

From the long-term direction of his Toronto Blue Jays to the group of men in the front office making the decisions, the president and CEO is only ready to echo the disappointment that permeates through the franchise right now and point to the ongoing search for solutions.

“I’m not fixated on language, terming it a rebuild, terming it retool, we just need to get better,” Shapiro said Wednesday afternoon.

“In the nine seasons I’ve been through this [in Toronto], this is the biggest disconnect from expectations,” he added. “We need to learn. We need to get better from it.”

The fan base’s appetite for change these days is hearty if you believe the social media sample size and the smattering of boos at the ballpark, but Shapiro doesn’t seem to be in front office evaluation mode.

Considering ninth-year GM Ross Atkins and his group just went through a vital trade deadline period with the future in mind, it would make sense that Shapiro has already decided to stay the course.

He could also have quietly decided to table that decision until October, given there’s eight weeks of baseball to be played and zero point of showing his hand in August.

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