This has to be one of the most frustrating teams to watch, even on their playoff runs the last two years. To me this team hasn't been very good the last couple of years, but have benefited from the AL East being just as bad or worse than the Jays, now the rest of the East has caught up and the Jays are falling behind.
It seems like this team is playing the same level of baseball that got them to the ALCS, just that that level isn't good enough anymore. I don't think this team has gotten worse the rest of the team's have gotten better.
This offense is way too easy to pitch to. They don't adjust to what the pitchers are trying to do to them and use the whole field, they just keep trying to pull everything and keep going up there with homerun or nothing swings.
This team needs a rebuild, but I don't think it's coming. Teams have been calling on Happ, but the Jays don't want to trade him as they plan or competing next year. Hopefully that's a negotiation tactic to get more out of clubs calling for Happ, because this is a good year to sell on pitching as there isn't much out there and guys like Estrada and Liriano aren't helping their trade value. May as well sell high on Happ and Smoak for that matter.
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