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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
The jays are feast or famine, and have been for about the past decade, it's just more people care now so it gets talked about more. The team is built for Rogers Center. Built to hit homeruns, not for average.
Someone was saying earlier that the Jays have no glaring weaknesses in their lineup. I disagree. I would argue that as much as we've argued about pitching/bullpen, the Jays biggest weakness is an inability to drive in runs without the homerun and the fact that often time their homers are of the solo variety.
Good pitching generally beats good hitting. In the playoffs your are going to be getting a steady diet of good pitching. If the Jays can't knock a guy in from first or second with no outs without hitting a home run, they are going to have some serious trouble in the playoffs. When the ball is kept in play, it's hard for them to win.
Look at Kansas last year. If they got on base, the guy was going to score. They didn't need to drive it into the upper deck to score. A walk and a couple singles was going to get them a run.
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The Jays certainly don't have a great team average, but their OBP is top 10 in the league (.328). It was number one, by quite a large margin, last season (.340). KC's OBP was middle of the pack last year (.322).
KC run has always mystified statisticians who have essentially argued they have been lucky with their timely hitting.